Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we are once again joined by Kim Hurd, Executive Vice President of Property Management for KCG Companies in Indianapolis, and 2024 President of the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) Board of Directors, who walks us through all the recent announcements and great things happening at NAAEI in the second quarter of 2024.

Learn more about NAAEI credentials, as well as online training and continuing education credits, courses and resources available through the Visto, NAAEI’s online learning platform. Here you can also find details on the Training Needs Analysis Survey, DE&I Awareness Week and Diversity Leadership Program and Leadership Lyceum applications.

On this episode of the NAA Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association, we sit down with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing Richard Monocchio.

HUD and NAA have announced a unique and important collaboration, which features a seven-stop roadshow in advance of the 50th anniversary of the Housing and Community Development Act and creation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

This collaboration between NAA and HUD gives the rental housing industry a unique opportunity to share feedback and speak directly to HUD officials, as well as gives HUD the chance to hear real-time feedback on the nuance and challenges housing providers face with the HCV program.

The tour, which kicked off in Philadelphia at NAA’s Apartmentalize, will feature stops in Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, El Paso, Lansing, Las Cruces and Tampa.

Stay tuned to NAAHQ.ORG for ongoing updates on this important partnership.

On this episode of the NAA Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association, we sit down with NAA's Clark Ebbert, Director of Conference Education Programming, to chat about the variety of educational offerings at Apartmentalize, the largest, most important annual gathering of rental housing professionals. We will see you at Apartmentalize, June 19-21 in Philadelphia.

This episode of the NAA Apartmentcast is the second in a series discussing women in technology, supported by and featuring two members of NAA's Technology Committee, Tech Committee Chair Kendra Bork, ARM, Owner and CFO of Cambridge Management Group and Cambridge Maintenance and Property Services and President and Owner of the Birchwood Real Estate Group; and Tech Committee Vice Chair Stephanie Oehler, Founder of Savvy Leasing, (soon to be Savvy Leading). Learn more at https://www.naahq.org

This episode welcomes guest Host Shellie Sims, NAA Education Institute Director of Workforce Development, to kick off the celebration of Residential Property Management (RPM) Careers Week (RPM - Careers Week | National Apartment Association (naahq.org)!

RPM Careers Week is packed with fun challenges, prizes and RPM professionals celebrating each other, featuring "Why I love My RPM Career Monday;" "Maintenance and Service Professionals Tuesday;" "Onsite Apartment Teams Day Wednesday," sponsored by Chadwell Supply; "Super Supplier Collaborator Thursday," sponsored by the NAA National Suppliers Council; and Leadership Support Services Friday.

Shellie is joined by Todd Hignite, Vice President, Hearth Management in Cincinnati; Patrick Lawson, Regional Facilities Manager, Asset Living, East Division in Fort Myers, Florida; and Michelle Childers, Vice President of Industry Relations for Chadwell Supply in Birmingham, Alabama.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we visit with Kim Hurd, Executive Vice President of Property Management for KCG Companies in Indianapolis, and 2024 President of the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) Board of Directors, who walks us through all the recent announcements and great things happening at NAAEI, including the launch of the Platform for Apartment Credential Engagement (PACE).

Learn more about NAAEI credentials, as well as online training and continuing education credits, courses and resources available through the Visto, NAAEI’s online learning platform.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we sit down with NAA’s trio of Federal Legislative Affairs Directors, Maria Spencer, Jason Lynn and Jodie Anderson to walk through the rental housing industry's federal legislative priorities.

For those interested in learning more about housing policy, NAA has a wealth of resources, including a policy issues library, state-by state legislative tracker, the Apartment Advocate and Apartment Advocate Pro newsletters, and much more, all on NAA’s website.

You are also invited to register for Advocate, NAA’s annual advocacy conference and Lobby Day, March 12-13 in Washington, D.C.

Just in time for Women's History Month, this episode of the NAA Apartmentcast is the first in a series discussing women in technology, supported by and featuring two members of NAA's Technology Committee, Michele Crochetiere, Senior Director of Client Services for One11 Advisors, an Altus Group business; and Gina Carter, Vice President of Operations at Blue Ridge Companies. Learn more at https://www.naahq.org