Advocacy

STATE LEGISLATION

The West Virginia Apartment Association (WVAA) is the leading voice for rental housing owners, builders, developers, and managers.

WVAA recognizes that you (our members) are the industry’s best tool for urging elected officials to hear our concerns.

Here’s everything we do to help our industry thrive, while being responsible for quality rental housing for those who call our communities home:

• – WVAA represents rental housing owners, builders, developers, managers, and suppliers of rental units throughout the state, and we are growing every day.
• – WVAA advocates legislation designed to address the pressing problems and concerns of rental housing owners and professionals.
• – WVAA works closely with the National Apartment Association / National Multihousing Council Joint Legislative Office on federal issues affecting the multifamily rental housing industry, such as fair housing and environmental regulations.
• – WVAA advises local associations on city and county ordinances and other issues.
• – Through grassroots activities and our new trade association in the state, WVAA supports candidates for the West Virginia Legislature and statewide office who will be receptive to industry positions.
• – WVAA members play a crucial role in our success. Personal contact between our members and legislators who pass laws is the most essential tool WVAA has to bring about positive change for the rental housing industry.

FEDERAL LEGISLATION

WVAA and its members belong to the National Apartment Association (NAA) in Washington D.C., which speaks for our industry on a national level.

The NAA, in partnership with the National Multi Housing Council, maintains a full-time legislative staff that monitors national legislative activity and lobbies for our industry’s interests.

WVAA volunteer members serve on the NAA Legislative Committee and maintain contact with our U.S. Senators and Representatives to help them understand the apartment industry’s perspective.

The National Apartment Association (NAA) is America’s leading advocate for quality rental housing. NAA’s mission is to serve the interests of multifamily housing owners, managers, developers, and suppliers and maintain a high level of professionalism in the multifamily housing industry to better serve the rental housing needs of the public.

NAA is a federation of 140+ affiliates. NAA comprises more than 94,000 members representing more than 13 million apartment homes globally. NAA is a trusted partner, a valued connector, a powerful advocate, and a marketing leader to serve areas in the rental housing industry throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Members in good standing of any affiliated association are automatically considered members of NAA and entitled to NAA benefits.

Our members represent all facets of the multifamily housing industry: apartment owners, management executives, developers, builders, investors, property managers, leasing consultants, maintenance personnel, suppliers, and related business professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

NAA provides a wealth of information through advocacy, research, technology, education, and strategic partnerships. Through a joint legislative alliance with the National Multi Housing Council, NAA protects and represents our members’ interests on legislative and regulatory issues at the federal level. NAA monitors legislation and regulations in all 50 states and shares that information with your local and state affiliate staff.

We continually provide education and training opportunities for both multi-site managers and on-site staff. The NAA Education Institute offers six nationally recognized designation programs and actively promotes the apartment industry as a viable career choice.

NAA publishes the monthly units Magazine and other industry publications.

In addition, NAA offers the industry’s premier education conference and trade show, the NAA Education Conference & Exposition, attracting thousands of multifamily housing professionals seeking education, networking, and business opportunities.

Our purpose is to support an industry that offers safe, affordable multifamily housing to the public, equitably compensates its workforce, and provides investors with a fair and reasonable rate of return.