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2025 Wrap Up: Advancements in Innovation, Affordability, and Responsible Tech
Although 2025 has come to a close, RETTC’s advocacy efforts are not slowing down. With a successful OPTECH conference behind us, RETTC has spent the...
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RETTC Unveils First-of-Its-Kind AI Governance Framework for Rental Housing and Technology Partners
RETTC: Nov 20, 2025
A bold new blueprint for responsible innovation and housing affordability debuts at OPTECH 2025(Las Vegas) — At OPTECH 2025, the premier event for...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
NMHC and RETTC Urge Balanced AI Framework at Senate AI Hearing
RETTC: Sep 12, 2025
The Senate Commerce Committee held a September 10 hearing on the administration’s AI Action Plan. In a joint letter, NMHC, NAA and RETTC outlined how...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC Pushes Back Again at Flawed CA Bill Aimed at Bulk Broadband
RETTC: Sep 11, 2025
RETTC, along with coalition partners, weighed in once again with California lawmakers regarding Assembly Bill 1414 (AB 1414). This legislation could...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
Senate Privacy Subcommittee Weighs Federal Data Privacy Standard Amid AI Debate
RETTC: Aug 20, 2025
On August 7, the Senate Judiciary’s Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee examined how to protect Americans’ online data and the role of AI in...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC Leads Housing Groups in Pushing Back at California Bill That Could Hurt Broadband Access for Renters
RETTC: Aug 20, 2025
RETTC led a coalition of housing stakeholders in raising serious concern with the California Legislature about Assembly Bill 1414 (AB 1414), a piece...
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Tech With Purpose: Pricing Software Supports Housing Affordability
Kevin Donnelly: Aug 4, 2025
The housing market is not broken because of technology; in fact, it is evolving through it. As policymakers explore how to regulate artificial...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
White House Issues AI Action Plan
RETTC: Jul 29, 2025
On July 23, the White House released “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” which outlines 90 policy actions to promote American Artificial...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
NMHC and RETTC Urge the FCC to Continue Deregulation Work, Close Dormant Dockets
RETTC: Jul 16, 2025
NMHC and RETTC jointly filed comments in response to the FCC’s call for comments on its plan to close dormant dockets — part of Chairman Brendan...
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Protect Consumers, Advance Innovation: Industry Leaders Press for National Data Privacy Framework
Julianne Goodfellow: Jul 11, 2025
Data is king and everyone knows it...including criminals. Cyber-crime, already a multi-billion-dollar industry, is growing faster than ever before,...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
Congress Weighs AI Regulation Pause Amid Growing Debate
RETTC: Jun 24, 2025
Last month, the House-passed budget bill included a provision that would ban state enforcement of laws regulating artificial intelligence for 10...
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Why Renters Could Actually Win If the FCC Drops Its Multifamily Cable-Wiring Rule
Kevin Donnelly: May 22, 2025
At the Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center (RETTC), we champion technology that does two things: helps owners operate more efficiently...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
House Eyes AI Regulation Pre-emption to Protect Innovation
RETTC: May 15, 2025
As part of larger efforts to pass its budget reconciliation package, which would clear the way for enactment of much of President Trump’s legislative...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC and NMHC Urge Congressional Working Group to Establish a Federal Data Privacy Standard
RETTC: Apr 15, 2025
In a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Data Privacy Working Group, RETTC and NMHC called on lawmakers to prioritize the creation of...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC, NMHC Submit Comments on President’s AI Action Plan
RETTC: Mar 18, 2025
RETTC and NMHC submitted comments to the Administration on how AI and related technologies are improving housing affordability and benefiting...
Press Releases
RETTC Announces Release of Updated Data Model to Improve Fee Transparency for Renters
RETTC: Jan 14, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) —The Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center (RETTC) today announced that it has released updates to a widely used...
Press Releases
New Association – Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center – Unites Technology and Real Estate
RETTC: Oct 21, 2024
Organization Unveiled at National Technology and Housing Conference Seeking to Solve Challenges for Industry and Residents(Washington, D.C.)—In...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
NMHC Leads Real Estate Coalition in Comments on New Cyber Disclosure Rules
RETTC: Jul 3, 2024
On July 3, NMHC led a broad coalition of real estate stakeholders in submitting detailed comments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...