Allowing single-stair multifamily buildings has the potential to get more people into safer buildings, by allowing better alternatives to less-safe townhouses and existing houses. Read more in Greater Greater Washington: https://ggwash.org/view/93257/how-single-stair-apartments-can-improve-fire-safety

Single-stair reforms now spreading across the US will let local developers build flats that better meet retirees’ needs — which frees up millions of existing houses, too. This addresses a common conundrum for suburban retirees: ‘They have started shopping for “a nice two-bedroom condo with a little den, all on one floor.” But they can’t find one. Local developers are putting up four-level townhouses with even more stairs. The few suitable one-floor homes available get instantly snapped up… “We can’t free [our house] up, because where would we go?” ‘