NAA/NMHC, joined by a broad real estate coalition, released groundbreaking research on July 9 highlighting the critical role like-kind exchanges play in helping the multifamily industry provide housing to America’s workforce. Congress is…
Lawmakers have cleared a three-month extension, through Oct. 29, of highway spending. The bill includes several tax compliance offsets that modify tax return filing dates for multifamily partnerships and estate tax reporting requirements. The short-…
The Department of Labor has issued a notice of proposed rule-making and request for comments on changes to the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that cover who is exempt from overtime pay within certain…
NEW YORK CITY – Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is pushing for property owners to make their apartments smoke-free. If such a law passes, New York would be the first major city outside of California cities to ban smoking in apartments, and could signal a…
On July 15, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) passed the Revised Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (“RURLTA” or “the Revised Act”). Similar to the International Code Council’s vetting process for code revisions, the ULC conducted…
BERKELEY, Calif. – The Berkeley City Council is considering a slate of amendments to the city’s building codes after a balcony collapse killed six and injured seven in June. The council has approved a new “urgency ordinance” that would apply strict…
On a 97-degree morning, a new employee at the Taylors Farm Apartments in Dallas was picking up and taking trash to the dumpster, fixing appliances and responding to residents’ maintenance requests.
To some of the residents, he looked just like…
David Mintz, CAE has been the Vice President of Government Affairs for the Texas Apartment Association (TAA) since October 1992. NAA caught up with David to discuss the legislative session in Texas, how he got involved in politics and his interests…
Sensing that their residents are “glued to their phones” one property manager at a market-rate apartment community in Charlotte, N.C., decided to add texting to her resident communication repertoire—whether it’s to announce package delivery, rent…
Apartment companies and their service providers have been targeted by abusive “patent trolls” who threaten legal action and demand fees for alleged infringement without evidence to back them up. The “Innovation Act” passed through House Committee on…