Michigan agrees to delay new home construction codes amid builder lawsuits

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Construction crews set the frame of a home in the 1400 block of East Stockbridge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in this MLive file photo. New home building codes setting minimums standards requiring greater levels of energy efficiency were set to go into effect on Aug. 29, 2025, but the state has agreed to delay the process in the midst of lawsuits filed by industry groups for homebuilders and manufactured housing companies.Joel Bissell | MLive.com

LANSING, MI – Michigan will continue using construction codes setting minimum standards for safety and energy efficiency in new homes that date back a decade while building industry groups mount legal challenges against an updated set of rules originally set to take effect this summer.

In court, officials have agreed to delay implementation of more modern codes while lawsuits filed in June by organizations representing home builders and the modular and mobile home industries play out.

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