“The success or failure of our industry’s
government affairs initiatives directly
impacts your bottom line.”
families, as they volunteer to advocate for our
Housing Council and a leading fair housing at-
multifamily rental housing industry.
torney in D.C. to provide a memorandum which
would include, among other items, a recom-
OTHER IMPORTANT INFO/UPDATES:
mendation of best practices in light of HUD’s
We have received several inquiries from mem-
new rules guidance. Please be on the lookout
bers asking for assistance in responding to the
for this as we sill send it out to all our members as
recently released HUD (Department of Housing
soon as we receive it.
and Urban Develoment) rules guidance on criminal histories and resident screening. This guid-
As a reminder, please keep checking the Gov-
ance states that a prospective resident cannot
ernment Affairs section of our website www.
be denied residence based solely on an arrest
saaaonline.org for upcoming events, current af-
record; instead proof of a conviction is required.
fairs and issues of interest to our industry. As al-
We have been notified by NAA that currently,
ways, my door is open to everyone if you have
NAA staff is working with the National Multifamily
any concerns or ideas, simply contact me.
SAAA Leadership at the NAA Capitol Conference 2016
www.saaaonline.org | May/June 2016
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