Powered by IRO Welcome to the IRO Perspective Column, a new endeavor powered by the National Apartment Association’s (NAA) Independent Rental Owner (IRO) Committee. Over the coming months, this column will explore specific challenges facing the…
In a decision that overturned the judgment of the Cleveland Municipal Court, Housing Division, the Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that housing providers in the state do not need to demonstrate compliance with Local Rule 3.015 (“local rule”), which…
In a legal victory spearheaded by the Northern Ohio Apartment Association, the Ohio Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, August 11, that the Cleveland Housing Court did not have the authority to prevent an eviction due to a building code violation.…
The rental housing industry continues to balance attracting and retaining animal-loving residents with keeping the peace and mitigating potential problems.Think your rental community’s gone to the dogs, cats and birds? You’re right. About two-thirds…
Rental housing industry reacts to the issuing of a proposed rule by banking regulators that would update the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. Banking regulators issued a proposed rule that would update the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA),…
Fraudsters are working overtime to gain access to your sensitive information. The most common type of identity theft, synthetic fraud, uses multiple stolen sources of information to create a new fake identity. Join TransUnion’s Vice President of…
Are you ready for the alphabet soup of data privacy laws going into effect in 2023? Having a response plan in place in case of a data breach and understanding the customer service impact surrounding data collection can mean the difference between…
The $740 billion Act includes provisions that may affect the rental housing industry. On Aug. 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, ending months of negotiations on a bill totaling over $700 billion. In a…
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of how business gets done across almost every industry in the marketplace today. The multifamily sector, along with so many others, experienced labor shortages, and absences or delay in supplies,…