June 2020 | The monthly e-newsletter of the Florida Apartment Association
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2020 FAA Annual Conference & Trade Show Canceled
On Friday, June 26, 2020, the Florida Apartment Association Board of Directors voted to cancel the 2020 FAA Annual Conference & Trade Show (September 30 - October 2 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.).
FAA leadership is discussing a potential virtual event. More information will be made available in the coming weeks.
In the coming weeks, FAA will be contacting all exhibiting companies and sponsors to discuss their options with regard to existing funds already paid toward this year's conference.
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Nominations for FAA Officers, Hall of Fame Now Open
FAA officer nominations for the 2020-21 board year and nominations for the 2020 Hall of Fame award are now open.
Please review the Call for Officers
nomination criteria and guidelines
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In-person interviews will be conducted by the Nominating Committee on Thursday, August 20 at FAA headquarters in downtown Orlando.
In addition, the Hall of Fame committee will meet in late August to select a Hall of Fame recipient. The committee is not required to select a recipient every year.
All nominations are due by August 3, 2020.
Click below for information and nomination forms.
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FAA Offers Free Member Webinar on Human Trafficking Awareness
During the 2019 session, language was added to Florida Statutes to increase human trafficking awareness by imposing various requirements on public lodging establishments. These requirements go into effect on January 1, 2021.
For more information regarding these new requirements and how your company can prepare to comply with the requirements, please register for FAA's upcoming webinar titled, "Human Trafficking Awareness Requirements: What Multifamily Needs to Know" on July 9 at 10 a.m. Click
here
to register; you will need to log in as a member.
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ESA Bill Signed into Law; Governor Reduces Sadowski Funding
FAA's legislation to fight emotional support animal fraud and abuse was signed by the governor last week. The new law goes into effect July 1. Read more
here.
On Monday, the governor signed the state budget into law, with line-item vetoes totaling slightly more than $1 billion. The governor made the cuts to the state budget, including reductions in affordable housing funds, in response to growing concerns related to COVID-19 and declining state tax revenue. Read more
here.
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The Florida Apartment Association is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity in the treatment of all people. FAA stands in opposition to systemic racism and discrimination of any kind.
In an effort to prepare our industry's future leaders to recognize and address racism, discrimination, and other inequities, FAA will add information on diversity and inclusion to the professional development module of the FAA Leadership Lyceum program.
Our industry is interlocked with the principles of the Fair Housing Act, which is based on the concept that all people should be treated equally. It was best expressed by Maya Angelou in an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act: “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”
Equity in the treatment and service to all of our residents has been and continues to be the cornerstone of NAA’s mission and that of our affiliates and members. We are committed to fighting against racism and discrimination in the rental housing industry, and equipping our members to have conversations about diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias. We acknowledge that much more work needs to be done, and we will continue to listen and learn. We encourage each of you to do so as well.
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FAA Prepares to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the Florida Apartment Association, and FAA staff are already planning how to celebrate the milestone.
This photo featuring FAA suppliers showing off their spirit is just one of many blasts from the past we'll be sharing with you in the coming months.
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pload YOUR favorite photo blasts from the past
here
and we'll share as many as we can.
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Recordings of webinars on a variety of timely topics can be accessed by FAA members at
www.faahq.org/recorded-webinars.
You will need to log in and register to view:
- Keeping Your Teams Motivated During Tough Times, Like Right Now, Jackie Ramstedt, CAM, CAPS, CAS
- Teleworking: It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard, Beth Ziesenis
- Building a Sense of Community Remotely, Lia Nichole Smith
- How to Close the Lease in Uncertain Times, Matt Easton
- COVID-19, Animals, and Criminal Offenders: The Fair Housing Connection, Theresa L. Kitay
- Developing Company Culture — Even During a Crisis, Jamie Notter
- Successfully Marketing, Selling, and Exhibiting During a Time of Crisis, Jefferson Davis (supplier-focused)
- Post-COVID Predictions: Using Renter Data to Forecast Florida's Multifamily Industry, Lia Nichole Smith
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In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and the financial hardships some residents are experiencing, as a courtesy, the National Apartment Association (NAA) has released, for members' voluntary use,
forms for payment plans and late fees. The forms are available on the Click & Lease platform (via Blue Moon)
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As part of its commitment
to keep members informed about issues that may affect you, your businesses, and your residents, the Florida Apartment Association is maintaining an online resource center regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources include:
- Executive orders issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
- FAQs, best practices, and sample letters you can use to comply with these orders.
- Information regarding new federal programs, including the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act; and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
- Local government activity in Florida related to COVID-19, such as court closures, suspensions of writs of possession, shelter-in-place orders, and curfews.
- Links to government agencies and other resources.
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Policymakers have responded to the nation's economic crisis by enacting measures that allow renters to apply their security deposit to rent and give them broad flexibility in paying these upfront costs. While well-intentioned, these approaches could leave rental housing providers with less protection against damage and default.
Read more.
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Now Available: NAA Diversity & Inclusion Resources
Newly released and free to members of NAA, “
Best Practices in Diversity & Inclusion
” underscores the importance of diversity and inclusion initiatives and how to best create and achieve goals associated with these programs.
In addition to these offerings, NAA’s
Operation Solutions
website features expert-based information for operational best practices across a spectrum of rental housing-related topics.
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NAA has announced that this year's Apartmentalize will include a virtual component, APTvirtual. The in-person event will take place in conjunction with the Assembly of Delegates in Dallas, November 4-6. Learn more and register at
www.naahq.org/apartmentalize
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Nominations for FSC Officers Are Now Open
Nominations for the Florida Suppliers Council chair, vice chair, and secretary are now open. The FSC chair is the suppliers' liasion to FAA leadership as associates' vice president on the FAA executive committee. FSC officers hold positions on various other FAA committees as well. Email
ralph@faahq.org
for more information.
Download a form here
and submit it no later than Friday, August 14, 2020.
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In Case You Missed It: Free Supplier-Focused Webinar Recording Available
A recorded webinar titled "
Successfully Marketing, Selling, and Exhibiting During a Time of Crisis" is available at
www.faahq.org/recorded-webinars.
You will need to log in and register to view the webinar presented by
Jefferson Davis, president of Competitive Edge training and consulting firm. Davis shared how what you do right now can affect how well your business rebounds on the other side of the pandemic.
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FAA offers opportunities to reach prospects at events throughout the year.
Learn more.
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Several FAA affiliates have rescheduled trade shows. View a lis
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here
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FAA is a federation of
10 local affiliates
, representing more than 750,000 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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