Single Stair Reform and Housing Affordability

Single Stair Reform and Housing Affordability

Cities frequently claim that there’s little they can do to address housing affordability.  But look inside and look up, especially in multi-family housing.  City requirements for stairs and elevators have a lot to do with whether its economical to build “up.” Most cities require two separate exit stairways for every unit in a building, a requirement that invariably results in much of a building’s area being dedicate to long, sterile, boring–and …