Development 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development received more than 2,000 complaints of discrimination in housing in 2005, with another 2,671 filed with state Fair Housing Assistance Programs.

Thank you for your letter of September 24, 1998, regarding the application of the Fair Housing Act's design and construction requirements to purchasers of multi-family housing buildings.

This document is intended to identify portions of the Fair Housing Act Design Manual that state requirements that appear to be inconsistent with the Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines.

The ADA requires that new construction and alterations to existing facilities comply with the ADA standards for Accessible Design.

This document sets guidelines for accessibility to places of public accommodation and commercial facilities by individuals with disabilities.

This article catalogues a number of accessible design settlements under the FHA, outlines steps that real estate professionals might take to assess their position in this environment of heightened enforcement risk.

Apartment operators and developers should be aware of organizational changes in the 2009 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC) that have brought increased attention to fire safety requirements for existing buildings by code enforcement officials.

In 2004, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated that 732 children in the U.S. were injured as a result of falling out of windows, among these 12 children died.

The Postal Service intends to establish a Consensus Committee to develop recommendations for revision of USPS STD 4B, which governs the design of apartment house mailboxes.

This guidance discusses the history, status, and effect of the new benchmarks and how property owners can convert to or challenge them.

Governor Schwarzenegger Should Overturn the California Building Standards Commission and Adopt the ICC Set of Model Codes for California

Apartment operators and developers should be aware of organizational changes in the 2009 edition of the International Fire Code (IFC) that have brought increased attention to fire safety requirements for existing buildings by code enforcement officials.

NAA members and affiliates are strongly encouraged to investigate whether policy makers at the state and local level are considering adoption of the 2009 International Fire Code, which contains several expensive fire safety retrofit requirements.

Letter from International Code Consultants to the San Antonio Apartment Association regarding the retroactivity of smoke alarms in the International Fire Code.

Evaluation of Fire and Life Safety Feature and Programs

NFPA 72 requires that in public-use or common areas, smoke detection systems be wired such that a visual alarm system can be implemented at a later date if needed.

The geography, volume, and character of future metropolitan housing demand will be shaped by the complex interaction of multiple factors, ranging from global political and economic factors to technological innovation and local government policy.

Collaborative effort between NMHC and ULI, this book describes tools communities can use to promote compact development.

Resistance to multifamily rental housing is a growing phenomenon in communities around the country. Indeed, opposition to any type of new housing development has become so pervasive that the area of community resistance has spawned its own vocabulary.

This white paper is designed to help apartment firms overcome NIMBY opposition.

This publication by NMHC, the Sierra Club and ULI debunks eight widespread misconceptions about higher-density development.

This PowerPoint presentation makes the case for higher-density development and rebuts common myths and fears associated with density.

Local opposition to proposed high-density housing developments is one of the greatest challenges facing efforts to promote smart growth in the United States.

This book advocates for compact development and documents how key changes in land development patterns could help reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

The Toolkit is designed to help community leaders review and revise their land use policies, zoning and development codes and project design standards.

This Brookings Institution report examines projected trends at the national, state and metropolitan level to determine the estimated demand for new housing, commercial, and industrial space over the next quarter century.

Living in an apartment carries neither social nor economic stigma. Yet many people see it as a compromise, driven by financial and utilitarian necessity rather than social and aesthetic advantages.

NAA/NMHC response and guidance to the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook.

NAA/NMHC testimony before the U.S. Senate committee on Environment and Public Works, in support of S. 975, The Community Character Act.

Dissenting Comments on the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook.

This document, Infrastructure Finance, is Part Two in a series about innovative infrastructure tools and bridges two signifi cant pieces of research.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) published a report entitled Building for Tomorrow: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions.

This book advocates for compact development and documents how key changes in land development patterns could help reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

This paper first describes trends in central city and suburban housing construction during the 1990s, using data from each of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas.