NAA Five, for the Week Ending October 9th, 2026

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NAAHQ // Oct. 9, 2026
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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: Climbing mortgage rates are impacting housing affordability. Bipartisan leaders in Congress have released the Build More Agenda. California policymakers are focusing on student housing. 
This week’s top stories
What We're Advocating

Local Policy Tracking: Philadelphia has finalized the Safe Healthy Homes Act, a package of local ordinances that establishes new landlord-tenant requirements, substantially expanding and complicating compliance obligations for housing providers across the city. Learn more. 

Deeper Dive: Stay updated with the latest in housing politics with NAA’s Apartment Advocate.

What We're Saying

Political Affairs Update: In this month's political affairs update, NAA participated in a recent Democratic Municipal Officials (DMO) summit focused in part on housing affordability. NAAPAC fundraising is making progress towards its goal. The winner of NAAPAC’s summer sweepstakes has been announced. Read the latest.

What We're Doing

Building Local Partnerships: NAA and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have partnered with the Community Leaders of America’s Municipal County Solutions Institute to create a toolkit to give local elected officials tangible, actionable solutions to the housing crisis facing our communities. Learn more and access the toolkit. 

Assembly of Delegates: From Nov. 11-13, 2026, the Assembly of Delegates (AOD) will be taking place in Kansas City, Mo. AOD is NAA’s largest business meeting of the year, where all NAA and NAAEI Boards, Committees and Task Forces meet and the new incoming volunteer leadership is installed. Register here. 

What We're Hearing

In Congress: “The bipartisan Build America Caucus, which helped spearhead passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing law, on Monday released the Build More Agenda, a package of more than 60 policy proposals addressing housing and other topics." (Multifamily Dive)