November 2019 | The monthly e-newsletter of the Florida Apartment Association
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Registration Now Open for 2020 FAA Legislative Conference
Registration for the
2020 FAA Legislative Conference
is now open.This annual visit is extremely important, as it helps build relationships with our elected officials and promote our industry's legislative priorities.
Mark your calendars to travel to Tallahassee January 28 and 29 and join your peers and friends from across the state as we team up again to advocate for Florida's multifamily industry.
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FAA's government affairs team and members met on Oct. 2 to discuss legislative priorities for the 2020 Florida Legislative Session. The priorities are:
- Protect the Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
- Reduce emotional support animal fraud and abuse.
- Clarify fire radio system requirements.
- Allow local governments to offer affordable housing tax incentives.
Read more about the priorities in the upcoming issue of
Multifamily Florida
magazine.
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The deadline to
propose educational sessions for the 2020 FAA Annual Conference & Trade Show is 11:59 p.m. on Friday November 29, 2019. Incomplete, late, or promotional submissions will not be considered. FAA wants to provide its members with educational and innovative speaker sessions that will actively engage and inform members. Speakers and sessions should stimulate discussions and address topics that directly impact members and all aspects of the multifamily industry. Please note, the call for presentations is for apartment industry management and supplier members only. Some restrictions apply to proposals from supplier members. Professional speakers and speaker agencies should email Ralph Robinson, FAA director of meetings, at ralph@faahq.org.
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The National Apartment Association's annual education conference, Apartmentalize, will take place June 17-19 in Boston. Save $100 of the early bird member rate by
purchasing your registration through the FAA. More than 11,000 rental housing professionals, 550+ exhibitors, and 150+ speakers will gather to discuss solutions and explore trends within the multifamily industry.
Learn more and
register now.
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Management Spaces Still Available for 2020 FAA Leadership Lyceum
FAA members from apartment communities and management companies who are interested in future leadership positions with their local affiliate or FAA are encouraged to ask their local association executives to nominate them for the 2020 FAA Leadership Lyceum. The seven slots allocated for members from supplier companies have been filled. Want to know more about the FAA Leadership Lyceum program?
Watch this brief video
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NAA President Bob Pinnegar, CAE, issued a letting commending U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for seeking action against online companies that profit from selling sham documentation of emotional support animals.
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For the first time in nearly half a century, a national spotlight was placed on the housing affordability crisis and the candidates shared glimpses into how they plan to tackle this issue. NAA President Bob Pinnegar, CAE, released a following statement in response.
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The Sponsorship Opportunities and Exhibitor Prospectus
is now available
for the 2020 FAA Annual Conference & Trade Show, which will be held September 30 - October 2, 2020 at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.
View the 2020 prospectus.
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FAA offers opportunities to reach prospects at events throughout the year.
Learn more.
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FAA is a federation of
10 local affiliates
, representing more than 700,000 apartment homes in Florida. All community, management company, and supplier members in good standing of a local affiliate are automatically members of FAA and NAA.
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