Sonji Patmon was walking down the stairs from her North Texas apartment to the complex’s parking lot in 2011 when the steps began to “move and bounce,” according to a lawsuit. A jury in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a change to building codes that will soon allow apartments up to five stories tall to be built with only one staircase.

Collapsed stairs at a Medical District apartment. On Tuesday afternoon, Memphis Fire Rescue responded to an apartment complex on 1016 Peabody after the stairs on the second floor collapsed.