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…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has revised the types of loans that would not count towards the calculation of the $30 billion production lending caps that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each operate under for multifamily loan purchases this…
SACRAMENTO - A California bill that would have extended housing protections to ex-offenders has been held over for consideration in 2016 after the sponsor, Assemblyman Reggie Sawyer-Jones (D), requested the Appropriations Committee cancel its…
With residents spending even more time on their smartphones today, apartment managers are relying on texting to stay in touch.
“Glued to their phones” is how community manager Nicole Hamber, Morehead West in Charlotte, N.C., describes her…