How SOI Legislation Can Act As Fair Housing's ‘Trojan Horse’
Source of income legislation remains a top priority for legislators across the country, with more than 14 states and 85 localities enacting protections for voucher holders in their fair housing law. The Virginia legislature is the latest state to…
What’s in Your Maintenance Toolbox? - The Hidden Secret to Your NOI
Maintenance is often overlooked as the area that may drastically affect your organization’s revenue and impact NOI, but simply cutting budgets and spending as little as possible isn’t the best strategy for success. Instead, you need to optimize your…
Housing Takes Center Stage in D.C.
The new year ushered in heightened focus on housing policy in the nation's capital. The administration is focusing its attention on eliminating barriers to affordable housing development, and Members of Congress are doing their part to…
Guidance for Dealing with the Coronavirus
Latest News | Operational Best Practices | Federal, State and Local Regulatory Updates | Economic Impact | Media Guidance | Media Coverage | ResourcesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring the…
Rent Control Bill Introduced in Washington
The Evergreen state is the latest in a growing list to put forward a proposal for statewide rent control. The bill closely resembles California's version of rent control, albeit with the key difference being the repeal of local rent control…
Two Data-Backed Multi-Family Predictions for 2020 from CoStar Group
Brought to you by:An uncertain global economy dogged by several headwinds, geopolitical disquiet in a variety of hotspots around the globe, and jittery financial markets in 2019 are a combination of factors that have set the stage for the new year.…
HUD Releases Emotional Support Animal Guidance
On January 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new guidance to clarify the responsibilities of both rental housing providers and renters concerning reasonable accommodation requests for emotional…
One City's Student Housing Shortage
In San Francisco, there are a number of obstacles to housing production.San Francisco's housing shortage problem is much larger than market-rate housing, reports Bisnow's Dean Boerner."S.F. has about 30 colleges and universities and not nearly…
How One Exec Developed a More Efficient Way to Manage Properties
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, we visit with an SVP of Strategic Initiatives who has been involved in many of their technology…
Rents Grow 3 Percent in 2019
On the metro level, rent gains have been fairly distributed. Of the top 30 metros in our ranking, 21 saw rents increase by 2.6 percent or more, led by Phoenix, Las Vegas and Sacramento.Market U.S. rent growth was a solid 3.0 percent in 2019,…