Industry News

The Senate voted 50–49 last week to approve a $1.9T pandemic relief package that will now have to be sent back to the House of Representatives...

Representative Deon Tedder (D-Charleston) and others introduced a bill to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt and use voluntary...

The National Apartment Association (NAA) and National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) have released the apartment industry’s 2021 policy...

A federal judge in Texas on last Thursday ruled unconstitutional a national moratorium the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...

Over the past several weeks the NC HOPE Program has made several changes to address growing criticism since the program launched last October. With...

On February 22, 2021, Treasury revised its FAQs for Emergency Rental Assistance. The revised FAQs supersede the previous FAQs provided by the Trump...

Last Friday afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster lifted his “Last Call” order, which will allow bars and restaurants to resume their...

The COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor Act (S. 147) was approved by the Senate this week by a vote of 40-3. The bill provides a safe harbor to...

Millions of tenants and homeowners didn’t meet their rent or mortgage obligations in the last month of 2020, cutting into landlords' bottom...

COVID-19 Targeted EIDL Advance was signed into law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-Profits, and...

For the first time, LGBTQ Americans will be protected under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

A rental property owner and the property manager have been charged with discrimination for telling a prospective tenant she would have to pay...