Senior living community reputations succeed or fail based on quality of their staff, J.D....
The key to winning the hearts and minds of senior living community residents and their families is ensuring the facility has a great staff that communicates clearly, knows personal details about residents and makes...
HUD releases evaluation of rental assistance demonstration
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) embarked upon a new program to address the critical capital needs of severely distressed public housing. Today, HUD released the results of an...
Rising rent control leading to falling development and investment
An increasing number of jurisdictions recently have imposed rent control or are seriously considering doing so, leading many market participants to reconsider their investment decisions, according to the NMHC's Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market...
Federal code mandates costly and the wrong approach to boost energy efficiency
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) urged Congress to oppose any federal mandates that require the adoption of more stringent building codes because it would harm housing affordability, prevent healthy competition in the...
NMHC releases latest student housing income and expense benchmarking survey
Proximity and building size drive rents for student housing properties according to the National Multifamily Housing Council 2019 Student Housing Income and Expense Report. “This report provides student housing operators and developers with critical financial...
Builder confidence hits 20-month high
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose three points to 71 in October, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. Sentiment levels...
Two KTGY designs selected as 2019 NMHC Innovation Challenge Finalists
KTGY Architecture + Planning announced today that the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has named its five finalists for its 2019 Innovation Challenge competition with KTGY receiving two finalist honors for “Park House |...
Freddie Mac launches new duty to serve mapping tool
Freddie Mac Multifamily unveiled a new mapping tool to help lenders identify investment opportunities in underserved markets throughout the country. The mapping tool, which is part of Freddie Mac’s Duty to Serve Plan, synchronizes...
President Trump signs executive orders bringing more accountability to federal agencies
Pacific Legal Foundation praises steps taken today by President Donald Trump to make federal agencies’ regulatory practices more accountable and transparent. The President signed two executive orders that address the misuse of a practice...
White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council introduces opportunityzones.gov
Secretary Ben Carson, on behalf of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, announced a new website that will serve as a hub of information for the array of audiences that work with the...
HUD awards record $319 million to protect families from lead and other home health...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $314 million to 77 state and local government agencies, a record investment to protect children and families from lead-based paint and...
The Home Depot Foundation partners with Home Builders Institute to expand trades training program...
As part of its effort to fill the growing skilled labor gap in the United States, The Home Depot Foundation announced it is partnering with the Home Builders Institute (HBI) to launch a youth...
National Multifamily Housing Council issues Data Privacy and Protection White Paper
The National Multifamily Housing Council released a new white paper that examines the state of play in the rapidly evolving data protection and privacy regulatory landscape. It identifies 14 specific steps firms should take...
California Legislature passes rent cap bill
A statewide bill that caps rents was passed by the California Assembly on Wednesday and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for approval. The Senate had already passed AB 1482 earlier in the...
Vast majority of Americans cite growing housing affordability problem as a crisis
Four out of five American households believe the nation is suffering a housing affordability crisis and at least 75 percent report this is a problem at the state and local level as well, according...
