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Los Angeles Halts SB 9 Light-Density Housing in Fire Zones
Los Angeles’ emergency order blocks Senate Bill 9 lot-splits in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, restoring the single-family pattern that existed before the January inferno. The move underscores tensions between state housing law and local disaster realities.
Building Resilience
LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight
Wildfire survivors in Los Angeles now face a second blow: costly landslide safety mandates and soaring insurance premiums, threatening the future of generational neighborhoods. TBD's Richard Lawson reports.
Policy
Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience
How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.
Architecture
Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early
Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.
Leadership
Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale
Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.
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Policy 08.21.25
Los Angeles Halts SB 9 Light-Density Housing in Fire Zones
Los Angeles’ emergency order blocks Senate Bill 9 lot-splits in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, restoring the single-family pattern that existed before the January inferno. The move underscores tensions between state housing law and local disaster realities.
Building Resilience 06.04.25
LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight
Wildfire survivors in Los Angeles now face a second blow: costly landslide safety mandates and soaring insurance premiums, threatening the future of generational neighborhoods. TBD's Richard Lawson reports.
Policy 05.09.25
Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience
How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.
Architecture 04.11.25
Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early
Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.
Leadership 03.27.25
Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale
Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.
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