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As prepared for delivery. The speaker may add or subtract comments during his presentation. Welcome, everyone, to the inaugural Innovative Housing Showcase! My ride this morning was a 3D-printed car – a 3D-Printed Utility Vehicle (PUV),...

Our society is mindless. It shows in our priorities, how entertainment rules us, and the fact that Hollywood is our biggest name. It shows in our presidential election, and in how the strategy of...

The National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 also delivered several key victories to NMHC and NAA members who have lobbied for a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP and sensible reforms that will...

NMHC and NAA strongly support the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act and signed onto a recent coalition letter that signals support for the Act. The multifamily industry hopes that this legislation can move forward...

It’s no wonder that so many C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build higher performance cultures. The irony, we’ve found, is that building a culture focused on performance may not be the best,...

Time spent on traditional media is in decline, and consumer attention is getting harder to win and keep. Content needs to be more and more engaging—the success of Netflix’s own Black Mirror: Bandersnatch film...

Across the country, many state and local elected officials are working to develop housing policies intended to address housing affordability challenges. Unfortunately, some of these officials still turn to failed or outdated policies such...

The President’s plan has two parts. First, it recognizes that full border security is the bedrock of any functioning immigration system and proposes functional, operational, and structural reforms to strengthen America’s border infrastructure and laws. Secondly,...

The term was coined by the Lebanese-American author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a rather colorful, sometimes controversial theorist and author who became prominent for his 2007 book The Black Swan. Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor...

Fath, who owns apartment complexes in Greater Cincinnati as well as a minority interest in the Cincinnati Reds, said he was struck by the plight of Africans who can’t afford safe and timely medical...

Yardi Matrix released its May report on the multifamily housing market, covering the market’s performance through April. The report describes a market with moderate year-over-year rent growth. Still growing … Yardi Matrix reported that the average...

Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing weakened in the first quarter of 2019, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two...

The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) announced the release of an all-new Housing Affordability Toolkit, which is intended to help guide discussions regarding specific housing affordability policies, tools, and incentives. A growing number of families—at...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $1.5 billion to support seven states in their recovery from major disasters that occurred last year, including Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Florence and...

The National Apartment Association (NAA) released its study “U.S. Barriers to Apartment Construction Index” which examines factors which make construction more difficult in 29 United States metros. Albuquerque was the city with the fewest...