@nytimes.com covers #singlestair with @holz-bau.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com and co
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...
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Baltimore just changed the game for families 👪
City Council passed multiple reforms that will make it easier for residents to find cheaper housing and live in more walkable, connected areas 🏙️
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/5vzZ5iU
#Baltimore #yimby #singlestair
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@canadianarchitect.bsky.social covers #singlestair in Vancouver
www.canadianarchitect.com/vancouver-ap...
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North Carolina looking to allow up to 8-stories.
Still less than Germany 🇩🇪 (20 stories), but we're getting there!
#singlestair
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Kentucky, get it!!!
@nimakulkarni.bsky.social knows that this is how you delivery abundance for KY!
#singlestair
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Definitely one to watch!
#singlestair
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Besides Michael Eliason's "Building for the People", what other books out there discuss the opportunities and challenges of #SingleStair Reform?
@singlestairnc #sb492
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Why do some apartments feel dim on a sunny day? 🌤️
Natural light shapes how a home feels 🪟
When it comes to housing types that let the sun in, single-stair apartments take the cake 🎂
👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/bj4UxXw
#housingmarket #yimby #singlestair
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Minnesota has released it's #SingleStair report
www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...
129 pages of fire safety modelling, but my takeaway:
1. Well maintained sprinklers are important
2. Number of stairs isn't important
3. Hallways are the problem (and current code allows for crazy long hallways)
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Having lived in several low rise walk ups, I concur that they are great places to live and wonderful additions to walkable neighborhoods. Without underground parking or elevators, they are also less expensive to build
#singlestair #stickbuild #ontario
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With Land Assembly there’s one front door for the whole building. And nobody takes the stairs.
With fine-grain single-lot development, every lot has a front door for trick or treating.
#singlestair #vanpoli #newwest #socialstair #sharedstair Light, Air and a Social Stair.
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oops #SingleStair
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My latest in @citybuilder.bsky.social: break up buildings, not facades!
Instead of zoning requirements to "break up the box," Europe and Asia get better architectural results by breaking up the blocks into narrow #SingleStair buildings.
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Very interested in this project. As we change building code to allow safer and more affordable family homes in more urban areas, we are finding that the old zoning does not make as much sense. #zoning #BuildingCode #design #SingleStair #housing https://bsky.app/profile/lanefab.com/post/3m7jcaexii22y
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RECOMMENDATIONS Consistent with the stated purpose of this study, recommendations have been developed to reduce the risk of the prototype MFD single-exit stairway buildings to be less than or equal to that of a code- compliant single-exit stairway MFD. The recommendations are based upon the RIA to identify features that significantly impact the risk. 1. Provide smoke detectors in the common means of egress in single-exit MFDs more than three stories tall. Providing smoke detectors in common egress areas, such as corridors, in MFDs that are sprinklered throughout provides a diverse means of activating the building fire alarm system that is independent from the sprinkler system. The addition of the common area smoke detectors would reduce the comparative risk of the prototype single-exit stairway MFDs (Building 3 and Building 4) to be less than or equal to that of a code-compliant single-exit stairway MFD. 2. Increase enforcement of NFPA 25 and NFPA 72 inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) requirements in single-exit MFDs more than three stories tall. Create a more robust ITM program to increase the reliability of a sprinkler system flowing on demand. Based on the MFIRS data, the current observed mean reliability of a sprinkler system flowing on demand is approximately 88%. If this reliability can be increased to approximately 96%, the estimated risk of both prototype single-exit stairway MFDs (Building 3 and Building 4) would be less than or equal to that of a single-exit stairway MFD compliant with the MBC having the observed sprinkler system reliability. The ITM program should also include periodically inspecting that dwelling unit and exit stairway door closers function properly, and that doors are not propped open. The risk-significance of the dwelling unit and exit stairway doors will rise as the sprinkler system reliability increases.
They are:
1. Add additional fire alarms to the stair that are not dependent on the sprinkler system to work.
2. Regular inspections of sprinklers to make sure they are working. #SingleStair #Single Egress #MNleg
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RECOMMENDATIONS Consistent with the stated purpose of this study, recommendations have been developed to reduce the risk of the prototype MFD single-exit stairway buildings to be less than or equal to that of a code- compliant single-exit stairway MFD. The recommendations are based upon the RIA to identify features that significantly impact the risk. 1. Provide smoke detectors in the common means of egress in single-exit MFDs more than three stories tall. Providing smoke detectors in common egress areas, such as corridors, in MFDs that are sprinklered throughout provides a diverse means of activating the building fire alarm system that is independent from the sprinkler system. The addition of the common area smoke detectors would reduce the comparative risk of the prototype single-exit stairway MFDs (Building 3 and Building 4) to be less than or equal to that of a code-compliant single-exit stairway MFD. 2. Increase enforcement of NFPA 25 and NFPA 72 inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) requirements in single-exit MFDs more than three stories tall. Create a more robust ITM program to increase the reliability of a sprinkler system flowing on demand. Based on the MFIRS data, the current observed mean reliability of a sprinkler system flowing on demand is approximately 88%. If this reliability can be increased to approximately 96%, the estimated risk of both prototype single-exit stairway MFDs (Building 3 and Building 4) would be less than or equal to that of a single-exit stairway MFD compliant with the MBC having the observed sprinkler system reliability. The ITM program should also include periodically inspecting that dwelling unit and exit stairway door closers function properly, and that doors are not propped open. The risk-significance of the dwelling unit and exit stairway doors will rise as the sprinkler system reliability increases.
The recommendations to make single egress buildings as safe or safer than current code compliant dual stair buildings are ones that would improve fire safety in all buildings.
#SingleStair #Single Egress #MNleg
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There's a Department of Labor and Industry meeting at 1pm, but the Single Egress Report is now live!
dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...
#SingleStair #SingleEgress #BuildingCode #MNleg
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Vancouver firefighters enthusiastically endorse #singlestair - a continental first!
#yvrpoli #bcpoli #canpoli
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Ok, now that a #SingleStair building code is on the books in Vancouver, we can pivot to obsessively arguing about #SingleStairZoning and urban design rules.
Side yard / no side yard?
4 storeys or 6?
Everywhere or?
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vancouver.ca/news-calendar/new-vancou... “Modernizing our building rules is about making practical, forward-thinking changes that protect people and support more housing options” #Vancouver #housing #design #BuildingCode #SingleStair #FireSafety
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We’ve gone National, folks! Big moment for the #SingleStair province of YIMBYstan. @jamestalarico.bsky.social just touted his single stair bill passing in Texas on @allinwithchris.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
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whoa @jamestalarico.bsky.social mentions passing #SingleStair bill in texas, on @chrislhayes.bsky.social #inners #housing #affordability
let's gooooo!
www.larchlab.com/point-access...
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City of Vancouver, BC has passed its #singlestair building code update!
Let’s get building!! #vanpoli #yimby #bcpoli #canpoli
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On November 20 2025, 157 Delaware Avenue received approval from the City of Toronto.
It’s the first modern #singlestair building in the city.
www.office-ou.com/projects/del...
Congratulations @conradspeckert.bsky.social !
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We need to stop forcing renters onto noisy polluted corridors. A big fan of low rise walk ups including the one being built on Kenwood Ave; more of these in transit rich area would be a good thing. 6-9 story stick builds are livable and community oriented with less impact than concrete. #singlestair
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Rep @RepRitchie Torres is my kind of Dem.
He has a bill to direct @HUDgov to draft a model #singlestair code, inspired by Michael Eliason's work.
Single Stair reform is going to pass in #NC; it's just a matter of whether #NCLeg wants the state to be ahead of the game or behind it.
#SB492
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6 storeys now allowed on 8000 (eg 50x160) sqft corner lots.
Still no #socialstair #sharedstair family #sunshinesuites #singlestair #singleegress but it’s teed up.
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🥐In Paris, 19 in 20 residents live within a five minute walk of a bakery.
That walkability is possible because single-stair buildings are legal🚶♂️
North Carolina could unlock similar neighborhoods by legalizing single-stair🏙️
Read more 👉 https://loom.ly/ulS2CQM
#urbanism #paris #singlestair
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