Current Issues

Rent Control – The term sounds powerful and perhaps gives the illusion that it is an effective solution to rising rent costs but is it really? Rent control laws cap […]

Mecklenburg County Tax Assessor Office staff presented preliminary but detailed projections to County Commissioners at its budget retreat on January 27 concerning the upcoming property revaluation. 2023 revaluations cover 2022, […]

Predictions for 2023 indicate that demand will unlikely keep pace with supply and some lease-ups will take longer. For more up to date market forecast, register for GCAA’s 2023 Economic […]

Earlier this year we saw a huge rate of investor home purchases in the Charlotte region. Investors bought about a 25.2% of the homes sold in Charlotte during the third […]

Rent control is both controversial and politically popular.Jim Lapides, with the National Multifamily Housing Council, tracked 19 state legislatures that had rent control proposals this year — nearly all of […]

The State of Housing in Charlotte 2022 Report The Childress Klein Center for Real Estate recently released its 2022 State of Housing in Charlotte Report. The report reveals some unsurprising […]

Click here to view NAA’s Get Out the Vote video! The future of the nation’s housing supply lies in your hands. Show elected officials that #housing votes. Learn more at  […]

$50 million for housing will help provide well-maintained affordable housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families in the Charlotte area. Efforts include: Multi-family new construction and rehabilitation Homeownership development […]

Election Day is in on Nov. 8, but early voting is in progress and runs through November 5. The RHA PAC is providing resources for you as you navigate this […]

On Sept. 20th, the Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a Source of Income Protections in County Supported Housing Policy. The language in the County’s policy is almost […]

Language matters. That’s why we want to change how we speak when making references to commons words spoken in our industry. Rental Housing Provider vs. Landlord A Housing Provider can […]

Almost one year after the first draft of the UDO was released, Charlotte City Council on Monday,
August 22, 2022 adopted the UDO by a vote of 6-4…

On August 22, the Charlotte City Council approved amendments to the City’s Source of Income
Protections Policy that clarified the originally adopted policy that was approved on July 11…

On July 11, 2022, the Charlotte City Council passed a policy that requires affordable and market rate developers (including master developers/third-party developers) receiving any City-provided subsidies, financial incentives, or conveyances […]

The UDO adoption draft was released on August 15th in advance of the City Council vote on August 22, 2022. The UDO adoption draft incorporates the Planning Committee’s recommended changes to […]

The study used the price effects caused by the passage of rent control in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2021, to study the transfer of wealth across income groups. It specifically […]

The Second Draft of the Charlotte Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was released on June 3rd, and it is now  available for public review.

The Mecklenburg County 2023 Property Revaluation process has already started. Click here to learn how it affects you.

Late last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published official details of its Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling on broadband competition in multiple tenant environments (MTEs). With its release in […]

Important voting dates for NC elections…

On March 15, 2022 the NC Building Code Council voted unanimously to maintain the effective date of July 1, 2022 for the updated valet trash receptacles requirement.

On March 28, the Charlotte City Council approved the adoption of the Charlotte Future 2040 Policy Map.

On December 14, 2021, The North Carolina Building Code Council (BCC) approved to extend the deadline for companies to have fire retardant receptacles in place from June 2022 to June […]

The City Planning Department announced a new timeline that pushes back the comment period of the UDO from January 14, 2022 to March 18, 2022. The reason given was because […]

Residents who have been served an eviction notice and have a court date within 90 days can be helped in person by a RAMP Specialist..

GCAA along with REBIC and other real estate community partners continue to review and work together on case studies and other tools to demonstrate the economic impact..

Last Friday, The U.S. House passed by a vote of 228-206, a “Hard” Infrastructure Bill that will cost $1.2 trillion over eight years.The bill will fund billions in the roads, […]

The average rent in Charlotte is $1,472 a month and the average footprint is 942 square feet, according to RENTCafé’s latest report. Why it matters: 41% of the housing in […]

The City of Charlotte has released a first draft of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The UDO will include new regulatory approaches in areas that include parking, tree preservation, transportation, […]

The city has been conducting a survey to receive input on existing place types that will help inform changes in the Charlotte Future 2040 mapping process. The Charlotte Future 2040 mapping […]

The redistricting process will take place over the next few months leading up to the spring elections. Redrawing of the districts is intended to address imbalances in political representation. Depending […]

After a nearly one-year roller coaster ride of extensions, a stop and a re-start, the Centers for Disease Control’s national eviction moratorium came to an abrupt end with a Supreme […]

HUD is taking additional steps to meet the housing needs of returning citizens and to reduce barriers to housing among people with criminal records. This includes developing additional tools and […]

On Aug. 9, 2021, the Charlotte City Council voted unanimously to amend its ordinances to include familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, pregnancy, and natural hairstyle […]

Many local landlords have not been paid for 18 months. A growing number of owners are selling to institutional investors. Thousands have already quit. Changing ownership driving up rents and […]

Members of the GCAA Government Affairs Committee and RHA PAC will be meeting with US Congressional representatives concerning the impacts of the eviction moratoria extensions on our owner-operator members. We […]

On June 30, 2021, the White House held a virtual summit to discuss ways to prevent eviction given the impending end to the eviction moratorium on July 31, 2021. During […]

A majority of the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday evening that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked authority to implement a blanket, nationwide eviction moratorium. Although the court declined […]

NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATION UPDATES The Senate also passed three bills this month to reform the way elections are conducted in North Carolina. All bills would also have to pass the […]

√ Charlotte Water Distribution Issue The RHA has joined forces with our local Homebuilders Association and Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition (REBIC) to help create viable solutions for developers […]

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The presidential nomination will be livestreamed during the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte. The 2020 RNC’s Committee on Arrangements (COA) announced plans to livestream the formal nomination of President […]

FROM GREGORY SCOTT BROWN SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, NAA As you know by now, on August 8, President Trump signed four executive actions directing federal agencies to provide additional […]

HB 902 explicitly extends limited liability protections to swimming pools owned and operated by multiunit apartment complexes, Read more here.

This bill provides immediate liability protection for all “persons” in NC against claims for relief relating to alleged contraction of COVID-19 unless the claim is for Gross Negligence, willful or […]

Latest: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced plans July 14 to remain in phase two of reopening for an extra three weeks. During the same press conference, he said schools […]

Many states and cities, including Seattle and the State of Washington, have laws against source of income discrimination meaning a property owner cannot choose to reject an applicant based on […]

The cornerstone of the Public Housing Authority’s (PHA) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, the Housing Assistance Payments Contract & Tenancy Addendum (HAP), can often be complicated. For rental property owners […]

The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to make housing decisions based on seven protected classes: race, color, sex, national origin, religion, handicap or familial status. While the federal law […]