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A Looming Crisis Part III: Potential Solutions

A list of potential solutions to address the rent delinquency crisis in DC. Continue Reading

A Looming Crisis Part II: Severe Rent Delinquency is a Ticking Time Bomb

The scope of the rent delinquency crisis is massive, exacerbated by extended court timelines for resolving landlord-tenant cases, and threatens the viability of rental housing in the District. Continue Reading

A Looming Crisis Part I: Operating Costs in Rental Housing are Skyrocketing

Looming Crisis is a three-part series analyzing the serious challenges facing multifamily housing in the District. Part 1 breaks down the primary operating costs incurred when managing rentla housing and how these costs are increasing rapidly. Continue Reading

AOBA Welcomes Chris Pendley as Director of Sustainability and Strategy

AOBA welcomes Chris Pendley as AOBA’s Director of Sustainability Policy and Strategy. Continue Reading

AOBA Announces Retirement of President/Chief Executive Officer

WASHINGTON, DC – The Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington, the leading membership organization representing commercial office building and multi-family residential real estate in the Washington, D.C. area, announced today that its long-serving President/CEO,... Continue Reading

Looming Crisis Threatens the Viability of Rental Housing Affordable to Lower-Income Residents

Today, AOBA announces the release of a report on the state of rental housing in the District entitled “A Looming Crisis: The Residual Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rent-Controlled and Market Rate Affordable Rental Housing in the District of Columbia.” This report analyzes the... Continue Reading

At Issue MD - New Housing Supply Fosters Affordability at All Income Levels

People generally understand the relationship between supply and price across the economy for a wide variety of goods and services. As the supply of a good increases, its price typically decreases, and vice versa. We have seen this effect firsthand in the Washington metropolitan region as it... Continue Reading

At Issue VA - New Housing Supply Fosters Affordability at All Income Levels

People generally understand the relationship between supply and price across the economy for a wide variety of goods and services. As the supply of a good increases, its price typically decreases, and vice versa. We have seen this effect firsthand in the Washington metropolitan region as it... Continue Reading

At Issue DC - New Housing Supply Fosters Affordability at All Income Levels

People generally understand the relationship between supply and price across the economy for a wide variety of goods and services. As the supply of a good increases, its price typically decreases, and vice versa. We have seen this effect firsthand in the Washington metropolitan region as it... Continue Reading

AOBA Kicks Off 2024 with Leadership Awards and 50th Anniversary Commemoration

The Apartment and Office Building Associate (AOBA) of Metropolitan Washington held its Annual Meeting, which honored 2023 and 2024 recipients of Outstanding Associate Member of the Year and Sidney Glassman Memorial Awards. 2023 Outstanding Associate Member of the Year Award The Outstanding... Continue Reading

At Issue MD - The Effect of Synthetic Fraud on Rental Housing

Fraud is a growing problem facing rental housing providers. The digital age has brought about new tools available to those who might take advantage to the detriment of other community members. For years, the industry has been dealing with online businesses offering fraudulent documentation of... Continue Reading

At Issue DC - The Effect of Synthetic Fraud on Rental Housing

Fraud is a growing problem facing rental housing providers. The digital age has brought about new tools available to those who might take advantage to the detriment of other community members. For years, the industry has been dealing with online businesses offering fraudulent documentation of... Continue Reading