Multnomah County Extends Tenant Rent Relief Application Period To 90 Days
The Multnomah County Commission has voted to add another 30 days to the time tenants have to apply for rent relief as there are more than 10,000 pending applications currently.
The commission, meeting in a...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Landlords Appeal To End CDC Eviction Moratorium
The U.S Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision declined an appeal from landlords to end the CDC Eviction Moratorium.
The court action will leave the eviction ban in place until the end of July.
Chief Justice...
What Is A More Affordable Apartment Smart-Home Technology?
The nation’s largest third-party operator is testing a more affordable apartment smart home technology to integrate with other systems.
By Paul Bergeron
Smart-home technology is generating greater efficiencies for apartment residents and their communities’ onsite teams...
Why Forming a Joint Venture Is a Great Way to Invest in Single-Family Rentals
By Vincent Deorio
From small private entities to large, publicly traded institutions, it seems as if everyone is getting into the single-family rentals (SFR) investment business.
As the competition for acquiring quality rental housing increases and...
How Remote Work Changed Asking Prices for Rent
A new analysis says that remote work during the pandemic changed the asking prices for rent, and that higher education correlates with the ability to work from home, according to a new Yardi Matrix...
May 2021: Another National Record-Breaking Rent Growth Month
Multifamily housing had another record-breaking rent-growth month in May, according to the latest Yardi Matrix National Rent Report.
The company said that national rents recorded “their greatest increase in the history of our data set....
Apartments Are Getting Bigger As Builders Expand Unit Sizes
Apartments are getting bigger as new apartment builders are expanding the size of apartments, especially to accommodate home office space, according to a new study from RentCafe.
Experts confirm that this upsizing trend is linked...
The Most Paw-Friendly Cities in America in 2021
A pet site has selected some of what it calls the most “paw-friendly cities” in America for 2021 as the number of households with at least one dog continues to grow to 63.4 million,...
Few Large Cities Building Enough Housing to Keep Up With Growth
Only a few large cities built enough housing in the past 10 years to keep up with growth in general and job growth in specific, according to a new report from Apartment List and...
Is Incomplete Data Driving Eviction Policies?
The data driving eviction policies may not be complete, and in some cases may not be available, due to the way court records and eviction reporting are broken down differently in multiple states and...