Great maintenance technicians often move into management, but many times they’re unprepared for the changes the shift entails.“Great technicians see an issue, diagnose it and go fix it,” said Ed Shaffer, CAMT, Director of Maintenance Operations…
The National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) jointly submitted comments on August 9 in response to the request from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice for public input on the…
While student housing at Power 5 conferences traditionally sold at lower cap rates, other Division 1 schools closed the gap this year.Traditionally, if you own student housing at a Power 5 conference, there’s a good chance, your assets have more…
In our next installment of Profiles in Success, a series where NAA talks to successful apartment professionals to learn how they got to where they are, who inspired them and what their biggest challenge was, we visit with a longtime maintenance…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new Hoyt Advisory Study commissioned by the National Apartment Association (NAA) and National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) reveals that the apartment/multifamily industry and its residents annually contribute more…
Today’s maintenance teams need more tech, on top of mechanical skills Joanna Zabriskie thinks she’s finally cracked the code for getting her maintenance teams to willingly use technology in their jobs: Give them more of it. As President of…
Earlier this month, National Apartment Association (NAA) Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Greg Brown sat down with Tanya Sterling of GlobeSt for a discussion on the presence – and passage – of rent control policies throughout the country…
The California state legislature recently passed a statewide rent control and tenant protection bill, Assembly Bill 1482. Once enacted, this bill will have a detrimental impact on residents, communities and the apartment industry throughout the…
Following a year of moderate growth and solid fundamentals in 2018, the first six months of 2019 make that past year seem like a lull for the apartment industry. Concerns about overbuilding are continually met with reports of record-breaking…