Tag: COVID-19
Single-Family construction slows in post-Covid hot markets
The big jump in single-family home building activity that occurred in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in large metro outlying counties and exurban...
Emergency Rental Assistance update for June 2022
The latest report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury states that, as of the end of June, 83 percent of the $25 billion...
Federal Housing Administration removes temporary COVID-19 underwriting mitigants for multifamily transactions
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced at the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention & Expo that it is removing temporary COVID-19 underwriting mitigants...
Supreme Court blocks mandate
National Federation of Independent Businesses v. OSHA, rejected a Biden Administration effort to mandate vaccination or testing for COVID in workplaces with more than...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke on Supreme Court OSHA Vaccine Mandate Ruling
Chuck Fowke, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from Tampa, Fla., issued the following statement after the U.S....
Infographic: The incredible shrinking American workforce
While COVID created a shared world experience across generations, reactions to the pandemic roiled the jobs market. One example: Millions of people left the...
Will employers fall in line?
It’s no secret that President Joe Biden’s various vaccination mandates (except for the one covering the military) have been having a tough slog in...
NMHC & Grace Hill release data on COVID’s impact on renter preferences
The pandemic influenced 25 percent of renter moves over the past 18 months, and 70 percent of renters anticipate teleworking the same amount or...
Biden plan to combat corruption includes new real estate rules
The White House’s new plan to combat corruption—both domestically and overseas—seeks to, among other things, add new regulations on the real estate industry. The United...
HUD announces $180+ million in COVID-19 funding for multifamily owners
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced that it is opening a new application period for...
New NMHC survey shows property owners remain focused on supporting renters
A new National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) survey of apartment owners and managers shows that 100 percent of multifamily firms surveyed worked with residents...
How many will work remotely post-pandemic?
For all we know about our current housing market, the sources of demand, the supply headwinds and the changing financing landscape, one key variable...
Apartment industry issues principles to work with residents as eviction moratorium set to end
With trillions of dollars in economic aid circulating in the economy, widespread vaccine availability and encouraging jobs numbers, the country has turned the corner...
Gov. Newsom announces plan to pay rental housing providers 100 percent of rent owed
Gov. Newsom announced his intent to pay rental housing providers 100 percent of rent that’s gone unpaid because of COVID-19. “This is certainly welcome news,...
Fighting the CDC eviction ban
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) took the unprecedented step of banning evictions nation-wide, characterizing the action...
