Monthly Archives: September 2023

Meet Naba Banerjee. Her work led to a 55% reduction in party complaints for AirBnB from August 2020 to August 2022. @cnbc

New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department is working on draft language to require either EV charger capabilities at all new buildings or requiring installed EV chargers. It is estimated that by 2035, 80% of new vehicle purchases in New Mexico will be electric. NM Building Code rules updates will be here. Governing | New Mexico May […]

We’ve talked about Chief Heat Officers in cities like Miami, Phoenix, and Austin. Did you know that within a city temperatures can vary by 20 degrees. A lush and leafy area can be 20 degrees cooler than bare and concrete areas. As a result,  cities are working to increase tree canopies to combat heat. Route […]

California is addressing the inflationary impact of security deposits.  AB 12 (2023 | CA) will limit security deposits to one month’s rent. If signed by the Governor, California will be the 12th state to pass a cap on security deposits. For the curious, AB 12 exempts small landlords with 2 properties and less than 4 units. Daily […]

Does your state allow cameras to secretly record inside short term rentals? Deep down in the South, Georgia has a law that prevents recording people on private property without their knowledge, except to for security purposes. That makes short term rental security cameras complicated. A poll says that 6 in 10 are worried about being […]

“Converting Brown Offices to Green Apartments,” is a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers at New York University and Columbia University that identified thousands of properties nationwide as physically suitable to be converted into apartments. It identifies 50+ buildings in Dallas – Fort Worth for conversion to residential properties. The report also lists […]

4 states are requiring home sellers & landlords to disclose whether a property has flooded. New York, New Jersey, South Carolina and North Carolina are requiring flood disclosures.  The Natural Resources Defense Council stresses that Louisiana and Texas have very strong disclosure laws concerning flood risk. And, tenants in Indiana, Georgia, Texas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, California […]

 A study of the homeless in Canada who received stipends found that the unhoused spent the stipends on housing and transportation.  There was NO increase in spending on “temptation goods.” As an added bonus, governmental entities spent less on shelter costs for the homeless. @washingtonpost