Many of AAGD’s owner and manager members have been following the proposed Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rule on “junk fees.” On December 17, 2024, the FTC announced the final rule, which excluded the rental housing industry. The rule only applies to live-event...
Date posted 12/20/2024
PropTalk Podcast: Advocacy and Government Affairs: Shouldn’t We be in Every Conversation about Rental Housing?
Date posted 03/4/2022
Below is a letter from NAA to our members: Good afternoon. Hope you and yours are safe and healthy. I’m writing to share an important message with you about NAA’s advocacy on behalf of the apartment industry. As you know, NAA filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government from...
Date posted 09/30/2021
Letter to the members from NAA: Late last night, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 to strike down the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) federal eviction moratorium. “The C.D.C. has imposed a nationwide moratorium on evictions in reliance on a...
Date posted 08/27/2021
On August 3, 2021, the CDC Director signed a new order reinstating the eviction moratorium to temporarily halt residential evictions in communities with substantial or high levels of community transmission of COVID. The Order took effect August 3, 2021, and will remain in effect through October 3,...
Date posted 08/5/2021
On March 29, the CDC extended its federal moratorium on evictions. The moratorium was scheduled to expire on March 31, but it is now extended until June 30, 2021. AAGD and NAA are strongly opposed to the eviction moratorium because it exacerbates the challenge faced by owners/managers of rental...
Date posted 03/31/2021
Last night, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 into law. The new law includes $25 billion in emergency rental assistance ($1.9 billion for the state of Texas). It also includes a one-month extension of the CDC eviction moratorium (through January 31, 2021). As...
Date posted 12/28/2020
On Tuesday night, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. This legislation includes $25 billion in rental assistance and an extension of the CDC eviction moratorium until January 31, 2021. While emergency rental assistance funding is something AAGD has been fighting for since...
Date posted 12/23/2020
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Date posted 10/12/2020
CDC Order temporarily halting most nonpayment evictions goes into effect this FridayThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at the direction of the President, filed an order in the Federal Register Tuesday to temporarily halt residential evictions.The order goes into effect this...
Date posted 09/3/2020
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced an order to temporarily halt residential evictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. You can find the CDC order here. The order begins on September 4, 2020 and ends on December 31, 2020. Important points about the order: The...
Date posted 09/3/2020
It’s clear the COVID-19 outbreak is an enormous challenge to our communities and our nation. And while Congress has enacted far-reaching measures in response to the crisis, more needs to be done. Congress needs to pass additional relief measures to assist the rental housing industry and our...
Date posted 04/10/2020
