Current Issues

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 as classes protected against discrimination. The previous nondiscrimination ordinance had been in place since 1968. Other highlights of the nondiscrimination ordinance: Governs discrimination in employment […]

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 prices. Beset by COVID-19 and its fallout, local landlords are offloading their properties to cash-rich institutional investors, and America’s real-estate market may never be the […]

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 need your help in establishing data on rent losses and other significant adverse impacts to rental housing providers. We need as many owner-operator survey participants […]

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 the event, small groups convened by metropolitan areas that the White House identified as high eviction areas.  Charlotte, Forsyth, and Guilford counties were the North […]

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 to lift the ban immediately, the ruling means the current moratorium should expire at the end of July. “This is a massive victory for property […]

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 House and be signed by Gov. Cooper. S326: Election Day Integrity Act, would require absentee ballots to be returned to, and received by the county […]

√ 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 who are facing astronomical cost increases due to the change in how private water systems are administered and permitted. Legislation language has been drafted and […]

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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 Donald J. Trump on Monday, Aug. 24. Read more

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 relief to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These actions focused on student loans, payroll taxes, unemployment benefits and housing. Importantly, the President’s executive order […]

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 wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing. To read more about this bill, click here.

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 will return with a blend of in-person and virtual learning. Because North Carolina is remaining in phase two for at least another three weeks, businesses […]

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 where his income comes from as long as it is a lawful source. Source-of-income discrimination has been documented by researchers, and advocates say it creates […]

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 who choose to travel along the road that leads to the Land of HAP; the journey can be curvy, rocky and full of tolls… Read […]

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 sets the minimum protections, states and localities can add additional protected classes. In recent years, largely in an effort to address the nation’s growing affordable […]