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Home Builders Association urges adoption of 2024 Michigan residential code; signals litigation over 2021 energy code
Summary
Don Crandall of the Michigan Home Builders Association told the committee the association prefers the 2024 Michigan Residential Code to the department's recent 2021 promulgation and that the association filed a notice of intent to sue.
Don Crandall, executive vice president for government relations at the Michigan Home Builders Association, briefed the committee on recent code developments and said his association prefers the 2024 Michigan Residential Code (MRC) over the 2021 promulgation that the department has moved to adopt. "We are currently operating under the 2015 Michigan residential code," Crandall said, summarizing the current status and the department's recent actions. He explained the process by which the International Codes Council (ICC) develops model codes and how states adopt and adapt those codes.
Nut graf: The association said the 2021 MRC contains mandatory measures (for example, 2x6 framing, R-60 ceiling insulation, insulated exterior sheathing and mandatory solar readiness in places) that…
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