NAA Five, for the Week Ending July 25th 2025

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NAAHQ // July 25, 2025
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NAA FIVE
A weekly digest of key rental housing news and takeaways
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The Big Picture: The Montgomery County Council (Md.) is allowing multiunit buildings to be built on certain lots previously zoned for single-family houses. New Jersey has put forward revisions for flood protections in affordable housing. A Rhode Island-based company is leading the development of $1 billion redevelopment project that will focus on the creation of affordable housing in Norfolk.
This week’s top stories
What We're Advocating

Housing and Insurance Subcommittee: Last week, the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing on the Home Reform Act of 2025. The Act blocks grant funding for states and localities regarding the building of affordable housing. Read more.  

What We're Saying

Multifamily Fee Disclosures: NAA’s AVP of Housing Policy and Regulatory Affairs Nicole Upano was featured in a Bisnow article on the demand for multifamily fee disclosures. “Our concern when it comes to disclosure requirements is when they're at the point of advertising or prior to the lease being signed, because at that point, that's still a negotiating process. You're still trying to understand what their tenancy will look like, if they'll have a pet, if they'll require any other needs as part of their tenancy. So requiring a sort of blanket total price, which is what the FTC had prescribed across industries, that's of great concern to us.” Learn more.  

Accelerating Home Building Act: NAA’s President and CEO Bob Pinnegar says, “NAA applauds the introduction of the Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, which provides strategic policy solutions to increase the nation’s housing supply at all price points, potentially reduce the upward pressure on rents caused by limited supply and expand access to high-quality, affordable rental housing for millions of Americans. We look forward to working with Senators Blunt Rochester and Moreno to help promote the zoning reforms essential to addressing the nation’s housing challenges.” Read more.  

What We're Doing

Rental Housing and Advocacy and Legal Summit: The Rental Housing and Advocacy Legal Summit (RHALS) convenes next week. RHALS, held in Denver, will feature education sessions focused on advocacy, housing policy and legal content. Learn more. 

What We're Hearing

Affordable Housing: “New Jersey officials this week proposed that affordable housing projects in coastal flood zones be allowed to apply for ‘hardship’ exemptions from new building regulations meant to protect homes from rising sea levels.” (New York Times