All SAAA members are also part of the National Apartment Association (NAA) located in Washington D.C., which is representative of our industry on the national scale.
The National association, working together with National Multi Housing Council, is staffed with a full-time legislative team who monitors legislative activity across the nation and advocates for the industry’s interests. SAAA volunteers serve on the NAA Legislative Committee and maintain contact with our U.S. Senators as well as U.S. Representatives to help them be aware of the apartment industry’s point of perspective.
National Apartment Association (NAA) is the most prominent advocate in America for high-quality rental homes. NAA’s purpose is to represent the needs of multifamily housing owners developers, managers, as well as suppliers, while maintaining the highest professional standard in the multifamily housing industry in order to better meet the public’s housing needs.
NAA is a union of 170 local and state affiliates that are comprised by more than 55,000 multi-family residential corporations comprising greater than 6.2 million apartment homes across Canada and the United States and Canada. All members in good standing with any affiliated association are automatically NAA members. NAA and are entitled to NAA benefits.
Our members cover all aspects that make up the multifamily residential market such as apartment owners, managers developers, builders investors, property owners maintenance staff, leasing consultants and associated business professionals across Canada and the United States and Canada.
NAA offers a wealth information via the advocacy process, as well as research education, and strategic partnerships. Through a legislative alliance together with NAA and the National Multi Housing Council, NAA safeguards and defends our members’ interests in relation to issues pertaining to legislation and regulation at the federal and state level. NAA oversees the implementation of laws and regulations across all 50 states and communicates the information with local and state affiliate personnel.
We provide ongoing educational and training opportunities for managers with multiple sites as well as on-site personnel. NAA Education Institute NAA Education Institute offers six nationally recognized programs for designation as well as actively promotes the housing industry as a possible career option.
NAA produces the monthly unit Magazine along with other trade publications.
Additionally, NAA offers the industry’s most prestigious education trade show and conference and trade show, The NAA Education Conference & Exposition which attracts thousands of professionals from multifamily housing looking for education, networking opportunities and business opportunities.
Our mission is to promote an industry that provides secure affordable multifamily homes to the public, fairly the compensation of its workers and gives investors an equitable and reasonable rates of returns.