An update from the AIA Los Angeles chapter has shed light on a recent L.A. City Council directive for the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), LAFD, and LACP to publish proposals for code modification that would allow single-stair multifamily buildings of up to six stories to be constructed. The chapter framed it as an embrace of a growing national movement and as an important step in combating the city's current housing shortage, which has remained at around 250,000 units.  AIA|LA cites a recent Center for Building in North America report on Point Access Block reform. Los Angeles would join Denver and Austin on a growing list of American cities considering an acceptance of the designs that have shown successful track records in European and Asian countries for a number of years.