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Advocacy Action Program Updates
Julianne Goodfellow: Oct 29, 2026
Organizations are being urged to act following the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used technology behind websites,...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Oct 29, 2026
On October 6, the Colorado Department of Law (DOL) released an interim draft of proposed rules implementing the Automated Decision-Making Technology...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Oct 6, 2026
MITS 5.1 adds fee transparency fields for disclaimers, specials, and third-party charges. See what's next as MITS 6.0 moves to a graph/ontology model.
PolicyStack
Daria Dudzinski: Sep 9, 2026
RETTC members join NMHC's Fall Board Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, pressing three priorities: protecting institutional housing capital, expanding...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Aug 12, 2026
RETTC urges Seattle City Council to distinguish unfair fees from reasonable cost recovery in rental fee ordinance #126053, backing renter price...
PolicyStack
Kevin Donnelly: Jul 29, 2026
Congress is rapidly shifting from debating whether to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to determining how to establish a lasting national...
FutureStack
Chris Moreno: Jul 24, 2026
AI is already reshaping leasing, payments, and fraud detection. The next frontier is construction and building upkeep—here's what's really slowing...
PolicyStack
Julianne Goodfellow: Jul 13, 2026
Apartment communities are becoming more connected, and that connectivity is transforming housing operations, resident experience, and the future of...
PolicyStack
Julianne Goodfellow: Jun 11, 2026
Congress is reentering the data privacy debate, raising questions about whether the U.S. will keep state-by-state laws or adopt a national framework.
PolicyStack
Kevin Donnelly: Jun 8, 2026
America's housing affordability challenges require more new housing—a lot more. However, supply alone won’t do the job.
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Jun 8, 2026
As AI capabilities continue to advance, rental housing providers and their technology partners are increasingly leveraging these tools to streamline...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Jun 5, 2026
Congressional efforts to establish a national consumer privacy framework gained momentum this month with the introduction of several significant...
PolicyStack
Daria Dudzinski: May 21, 2026
Technology is transforming every aspect of the rental housing experience, including the way residents pay rent.
Press Releases
RETTC: May 21, 2026
Bulk billing more than doubles the number of broadband providers competing for service in homeowners associations, condominiums, and apartments.
FutureStack
RETTC: May 19, 2026
We spoke with this year’s OPTECH co-chairs to understand where technology is delivering measurable impact, where it is falling short, and what...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: May 8, 2026
The bipartisan American Leadership in AI Act is a comprehensive legislative package designed to strengthen U.S. leadership in artificial...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: May 7, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Digital Discrimination...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: May 5, 2026
RETTC, in partnership with NMHC and NAA, filed comments with the FCC urging modernization of the Lifeline Program to better reflect how broadband is...
Press Releases
RETTC: May 4, 2026
RETTC announced the OPTECH 2026 co-chairs: Jason Gherardini, Senior Vice President of Technology at Sares-Regis Group; Janine Jovanovic, Chief...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Apr 30, 2026
House lawmakers introduced the SECURE Data Act and the GUARD Financial Data Act as part of a coordinated push to establish new federal consumer...
Press Releases
RETTC: Apr 17, 2026
In new comments, twelve national organizations representing housing providers of all sizes highlight longstanding commitment to transparency and...
FutureStack
Rick Haughey: Apr 16, 2026
At a time when AI capabilities are accelerating, multifamily is discovering that the real challenge isn’t the technology itself, but rather some very...
PolicyStack
Daria Dudzinski: Apr 9, 2026
Members of the House and Senate have reinstituted the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. At a time when consensus in Washington can be...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Mar 25, 2026
The White House released a new national artificial intelligence legislative framework that would block states from enforcing their own regulations...
PolicyStack
Julianne Goodfellow: Mar 20, 2026
We can’t solve today’s housing challenges with yesterday’s tools. Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are not just changing how rental...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Mar 12, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is soliciting public comments to explore whether federal rules are needed for disclosure of rental housing fees...
FutureStack
Kevin Donnelly: Mar 10, 2026
The pace of disruption in real estate and technology makes C-suite involvement and strategy more consequential than ever.
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Mar 9, 2026
Ahead of the House Financial Services Committee’s March 5 hearing, “Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges and Opportunities for Financial...
PolicyStack
Daria Dudzinski: Feb 19, 2026
Housing providers and their technology partners are continuously modernizing the rental experience—including how pricing is communicated—because...
PolicyStack
Daria Dudzinski: Jan 22, 2026
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...
Press Releases
RETTC: Nov 20, 2025
At OPTECH 2025, RETTC released a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Framework for rental housing and technology partners.
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Sep 12, 2025
The Senate Commerce Committee held a September 10 hearing on the administration’s AI Action Plan.
Advocacy Action Program Updates
RETTC: Sep 11, 2025
RETTC, along with coalition partners, weighed in once again with California lawmakers regarding Assembly Bill 1414 (AB 1414).
Advocacy Action Program Updates
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: 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...
PolicyStack
Kevin Donnelly: Aug 4, 2025
As policymakers explore how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in real estate, it is essential they distinguish between tools that enhance...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
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
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...
PolicyStack
Julianne Goodfellow: Jul 11, 2025
Cyber-crime, already a multi-billion-dollar industry, is growing faster than ever before, while cyber criminals themselves grow more sophisticated by...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
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...
PolicyStack
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
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: 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: 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: Jan 14, 2025
RETTC today announced that it has released updates to a widely used voluntary data model that enhances rental fee transparency for the benefit of...
Press Releases
RETTC: Oct 21, 2024
RETTC will serve as the premier membership organization focused on the intersection of technology and real estate to benefit housing providers,...
Advocacy Action Program Updates
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...
