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Clearing roadblocks to affordability

It’s no secret that the U.S. has a dearth of affordable rental options for the nation’s most vulnerable households. This scarcity of housing makes it a priority for multifamily to produce more affordable housing,...

The seeing issue

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free, said Michelangelo. Innovation, invention, creation. It’s the ability to see things that others do not and set the ideas, process,...

5 cases to watch in Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term

The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases in October. Here are five upcoming cases that the high court will hear: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited Does the Constitution matter? In...

Apartment properties decarbonize or face fines

In a growing number of places, apartment properties are likely to have to reduce the carbon they contribute to the atmosphere. Cities, towns and entire states across the U.S. have declared war on climate change—...

L.A. reports 50,000 unpaid rent notices

Nearly 50,000 eviction notices were filed between February and August in Los Angeles, according to City Controller Kenneth Mejia, chief accounting officer for the city. The data was recently made available via a new data...

When data talks back: Using AI to talk with your database

Early adopters in multihousing and other industries are using AI to have daily conversations with their databases to mine business insights—freeing them up from keyboards forevermore. The capability—to talk with your database each morning to...

U.S. Supreme Court declines rent case

The U.S. Supreme Court in October announced that it will not weigh in on two cases challenging rent control and eviction laws in New York and California. The lead case, Community Housing Improvement Program v....

Automation key to a cost-effective, sustainable multifamily unit

Property managers are being caught between a rock and hard place as the cost-of-living crisis continues to affect the housing market. Residents are facing financial challenges due to stubborn inflation, while high interest rates mean...
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New lithium discovery highlights why we never run out of resources

A new discovery of lithium in September led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards...

Understanding the ring-around-the-rosy rental inflation game

Offer a definitive explanation of the Ring Around the Rosie nursery rhyme and children’s game—whether as a reference to the Black Plague or teenagers ignoring bans against dancing and if you’re within earshot of...

Credit card rewards on the block

Once a year, late in February, my wife’s face brightens as she thumbs through our mail. “We got our Costco rewards check,” she beams. It’s not a ton of money, maybe $1,000. And the money...

Degree-free widening trend among U.S. employers

Walmart has eliminated college degrees as a requirement for hundreds of its corporate roles. The retail giant said in September that it would get rid of “unnecessary barriers” that prevent career advancement and that job...

Profits get a lot of hate, but we all benefit from them every day

Profits have gotten a lot bad press. Perhaps second to private property (theft, according to Bakunin) profits are the devil incarnate in the view of some. In the star-studded movie “Reds,” the hero, played by...

Net neutrality—why is it so controversial?

Federal net neutrality legislation has split politicians largely along partisan political lines—with President Obama imposing net neutrality restrictions, President Trump repealing them and President Biden struggling to reintroduce them—leading some states to implement their...

Why we shouldn’t fear AI destroying hundreds of millions of jobs

Workers, entrepreneurs, and companies should explore ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows and businesses—and give the job displacement fears a rest. I recently saw a quote on Facebook attributed to Sigmund Freud that...
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