APARTMENT ADVOCATE
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION /
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL
Guidance for Dealing with the Coronavirus
Situational Analysis
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring the
outbreak of a novel (meaning new) coronavirus
(COVID-19), which was fi rst detected in
Wuhan City, China, and has since spread to
122 additional countries. With 1,323 cases of
coronavirus confi rmed in the United States
(through March 12, 2020), the National
Apartment Association (NAA) believes it
prudent for its members and affi liates to be
prepared for incidents involving COVID-19
should they occur.
NAA understands that affi liates, members
and residents may have concerns about how
apartment communities should address the
virus and, in an eff ort to off er preliminary
guidance and information to assist with
preparations, we have compiled the following
material from offi cial sources.
It is important to recognize that NAA,
its affi liates and individual members are not
health care professionals. The CDC and other
qualifi ed health offi cials should continue to
be the primary source of current information
and guidance. NAA is off ering general,
precautionary guidance from offi cials, and also
adding some common-sense guidelines for our
industry in the interest of promoting a proper
amount of caution at this time.
Because this is a rapidly evolving situation,
NAA will monitor developments and will
continue eff orts to secure guidance specifi c to
the operation of rental housing from health
offi cials. Additionally, NAA will update our
website with new information as it becomes
available.
Current Point of View
1. Refer most media and key stakeholder
inquiries to Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
resources at this time.
NAA, its affi liates and individual members
are not health care providers. Providing
specifi c guidance (health tips) beyond
general precautionary measures, is not
advised. The CDC and other qualifi ed
offi cials should provide this information.
2. Continue to monitor the situation, stay
tuned to your local authorities and their
ongoing communications and keep track of
how it aff ects "higher risk" sectors such as
travel/tourism, convention centers, sporting
events and the like to see whether eff orts here
lead to more defi nitive guidance from health
offi cials.
3. If a resident is confi rmed to have or is
believed to have 2019-nCoV, do not direct
facilities management or maintenance staff
to the apartment. Immediately notify the
local health department and contact CDC for
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