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NAA, NMHC Release Apartment Industry's 2023 Policy Priorities

March, 2023 | Updated March, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | March 23, 2023 – The nation's housing supply imbalance and related affordability issues top the list of 2023 apartment industry policy priorities released today by the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). Specific issues of…

Rent Control Hurts Housing Supply, New Research Finds

March, 2023 | Updated March, 2023

Research finds more than 70% of housing providers say rent control would reduce investments, shift development or cancel plans altogether. ARLINGTON, VA | March 22, 2023 – New research from the National Apartment Association (NAA) highlights the unintended and detrimental…

NAA and NMHC Statement on HUD Reinstating a 2013 Version of Disparate Impact Regulation

March, 2023 | Updated March, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | March 21, 2023 – Statement from the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reinstating a 2013 version of disparate impact regulation:“NAA and NMHC strongly support…

NAA and NMHC Urge Congress to Deploy Tax Policy to Create More Affordable Housing at Senate Finance Committee Hearing

March, 2023 | Updated March, 2023

Arlington, VA | March 7, 2023 – Tax policy is a critical tool that can be used to address the nation’s housing affordability crisis. National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) President Sharon Wilson Geno delivered that message to the Senate Finance Committee today in testimony on behalf of the…

NAA and NMHC Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address

February, 2023 | Updated February, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | February 7, 2023 – Statement from the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) responding to President Biden’s remarks regarding investing in housing: “NAA and NMHC understand our nation’s housing affordability challenges and call for…

NAA Selects 2023 Diversity Leadership Program Participants

February, 2023 | Updated February, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | February 7, 2023 – The National Apartment Association (NAA) has selected the participants for the Diversity Leadership Program (DLP) Class of 2023. Founded in 2020, NAA’s Diversity Leadership Program annually provides 15 individuals from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to grow…

NAA Response to White House Renters Plan

January, 2023 | Updated January, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | January 25, 2023 – Statement from Bob Pinnegar, NAA President & CEO, on the White House Renters Plan: “For months the National Apartment Association (NAA) worked with the White House in good faith. We stand by our commitment to promote industry resident services and practices.…

Paula Munger Named Vice President, Research

January, 2023 | Updated January, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | January 23, 2023 – The National Apartment Association (NAA) has announced Paula Munger’s promotion to Vice President, Research. Munger, who has revolutionized NAA’s research capabilities since joining the association’s staff in 2016, implements cutting-edge research projects on…

New EPA Rules Will Discourage Critically Needed Housing Production, Creates More Confusion than Clarity

January, 2023 | Updated January, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | January 3, 2023 -  The National Apartment Association and the National Multifamily Housing Council express their disappointment in a regulation the EPA issued re-defining and expanding what “waters of the U.S.” means under the Clean Water Act.    While the apartment industry…

Ronda Puryear Named 2023 NAA Chair

January, 2023 | Updated January, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA | January 3, 2023 – Ronda Puryear, CAM, CPM, Management Services Corporation, has begun her term as 2023 National Apartment Association (NAA) Chair. She will be the fourth woman to chair NAA’s Board of Directors and was installed at NAA’s annual Assembly of Delegates, held in Norfolk…