LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...

During her annual State of the State address last month, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she wants to “build, baby, build” as a means of addressing the state’s housing shortage. But a key trade group says ...

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to date, ...

The last time Michigan updated its energy conservation guidelines for construction, Alexa had just been introduced into homes. “Uptown Funk” was the top song on Spotify. It was 2015. Building science ...

CALEDONIA, Mich. — A housing crisis in West Michigan continues to impact even working-class families who can barely afford to pay rent, or even think about the idea of buying a home. The state’s ...

A development meeting in Marshall, in which a proposed data center and gas generation plant was not even on the agenda, drew an unexpectedly large crowd. Michigan's unemployment weekly benefit rate to ...

Home-building in Michigan saw a large increase in the first half of the year compared with early 2023, according to new data released Monday. Around the state, the first half of the year saw 5,987 ...