Focus on fair housing.Complying with fair housing laws helps the apartment industry better serve its residents and it protects owners and managers from becoming a defendant in a fair housing complaint or lawsuit. This issue of UNITS examines several components of fair housing, from building requirements to resident screening to preventing sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. . Theresa L. Kitay and Nadeen Green offer insight on how to avoid costly lawsuits by following fair housing requirements in construction and design, buying and selling, and maintenance in Accessibility: Build It & They Will Come on page 22. Sound resident screening helps communities comply with fair housing standards, and statistical and rules-based software can aid communities in their search for the best-qualified residents. See Sorting Out Resident Screening on page 28. Residents, property owners and maintenance professionals face risks for allowing sexual harassment to occur. In Sexual Harassment, page 34, Green explains that while some in the multifamily housing industry would abuse their positions, at times the community's staff will be the victims, not the victimizers. In The Value of Setting Rent Daily by Thomas G. Dolan, Archstone-Smith reveals how it evolved its innovative pricing strategy. See page 36 for details. Independent Rental Owner Jeff Young
Jeff Young is an American guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band urges other small owners to be courteous cour·te·ous adj. Characterized by gracious consideration toward others. See Synonyms at polite. [Middle English corteis, courtly, from Old French, from cort, court; see when telling residents about a rent increase. He offers several tips in Follow the Letter When Raising Rent on page 46. After Naval Air Station Glenview Naval Air Station Glenview or NAS Glenview was an operational U.S. Naval Air Station from 1923 to 1995. Located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, the air base primarily operated seaplanes on nearby Lake Michigan, and later, P-3 Orions, stationed there as a staging met its fate in the Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress to close excess military installations and realign Act, developers partnered with the Village of Glenview, Ill., to create a unique, mixed-use development Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. with ultra-luxury apartment homes and high-end retailers. In Base Closure Opens Luxury Apartment at Chicago's North Shove, page 56, B. Kreisler takes a look at the 1,200-acre property. I would like to thank the record 400 attendees who came to NAA's 2004 Capitol Conference in March. Members made nearly 200 visits to Capitol Hill, where they discussed key topics, such as the block grant initiative of the Section 8 voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. program and the need for tort reform and bankruptcy reform. Read about NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. members who voiced their concern about the need for a balanced housing policy and other issues affecting the multifamily housing industry on page 48 in Capitol Conference Attendees Advocate for Balanced Housing Policy. At the conference, NAA recognized the National Supplier's Council for its 25 years of service. Read about this history and contributions of NAA's supplier partners on page 68, National Supplier's Council Celebrates 25th Anniversary. Following the conference, I had the privilege of discussing H.R. 3755, the Zero Downpayment Act, on Capitol Hill. You can read the March 24 testimony in NAA President Tells Congress 'No' to Zero-Downpayment Act on page 40. Looking ahead to June's 2004 NAA Education Conference & Exposition, UNITS profiles Conference Speaker Linda Larsen, a renowned speaker on motivating and leading a productive office environment in 4 Ways to Spark Creativity, page 58. I look forward to seeing each of you at the Conference in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. next month! |
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