NAA Five, for the Week Ending June 13th, 2025

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NAAHQ // June 13, 2025
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NAA FIVE
A weekly digest of key rental housing news and takeaways
prepared exclusively for NAA’s leadership
 
The Big Picture: The industry continues to face a changing policy landscape. At the federal level, conversations are focusing on the future of federal rental subsidies ahead of the formal appropriations process. In Connecticut, a wide-ranging zoning and development bill is pending a decision by the Governor that must be made this month. Factors such as increased debt burdens and inflation are putting the 2025 housing market at risk.  
This week’s top stories
What We're Advocating

NAA Wins Eviction Moratorium Lawsuit: In a key industry win, NAA's eviction moratorium lawsuit (Darby Development Company Inc. v. United States) now moves to financial recovery absent an appeal to the Supreme Court. Read more

What We're Saying

Industry Career Mapping: NAA’s Senior Manager of Industry Relations Tiana Heath was featured on a Multi-Housing News podcast released this week. This episode features a conversation on NAAEI’s new Career Map, job insights, industry resources and more. Listen to the episode here

What We're Doing

Apartmentalize: This week, nearly 12,000 industry professionals and industry professionals gathered in Las Vegas for Apartmentalize, the premier rental housing conference and exposition. As the final day of the conference is underway, view highlights here

NAA Excellence Awards: This week, NAA announced the winners of the 2025 NAA Excellence Awards, recognizing impactful work across the rental housing industry. Read more about this year's winners

What We're Hearing

Rental Aid: “The [U.S.] Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to limit the amount of time people can get federal rental subsidies and add work requirements as a condition of funding, according to an internal document seen by NPR. Only a few local housing authorities currently have the authority granted by Congress to impose such restrictions if they choose. The agency is writing a rule that would vastly expand that number — bypassing Congress in the process.” (NPR