Multifamily Organizations' Public Policy Points to Void in Rental Housing

WASHINGTON, DC-The agenda for the NMHC/NAA Joint Legislative Program–the National Multi Housing Council’s and the National Apartment Association’s combined annual public policy guideline for addressing legislative priorities in the nation’s multifamily housing market–has been released with a focus on the need for more rental housing.

While leaders of the two multifamily organizations acknowledge the importance of the push for homeownership, they highlight the more dire need for more multifamily housing. “Homeownership alone cannot create sufficient affordable and essential employee housing, revitalize deteriorating neighborhoods, reign in suburban sprawl, create smart growth-inspired communities or even house our aging population,” NMHC/NAA senior vice president for government affairs Jim Arbury explains.