WASHINGTON, DC-The National Multi Housing Council is responding quickly to a recent FBI alert that the apartment industry might be hit with terrorist strikes. On Wednesday, Clarine Nardi Riddle, senior vice president of the NMHC and sister organization the National Apartment Association, addressed the US Conference of Mayors, asking for cooperation in light of the increasing threat of attacks.

Riddle urged the mayors, gathered for their National Housing Forum, to “reach out to your communities and reassure them of city security and safety.”

Boston mayor Thomas Menino, newly appointed Conference president, responded by explaining that Boston had already taken the lead and drafted an evacuation plan for all high-density buildings after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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