For ten months the staff and residents of Lutheran Manor of the Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania fought a remarkably successful battle against the Coronavirus. One hundred and ninety-six apartments, two hundred and four residents and not a single positive test...
There are many different kinds of training related to programs offered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The National Center for Housing Management (NCHM) offers training primarily geared to those who currently work for organizations...
Recently I was privileged to join a group of national housing leaders on a special HUD Stakeholder Conference Call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary Ben Carson and Assistant Secretary Brian Montgomery regarding HUD’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. All...
Apartment communities across America are changing their maintenance practices in fundamental ways in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on circumstances, many have increased cleaning of common areas and limited maintenance to the interior of occupied...
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting property management in many ways, with maintenance at the forefront of challenges. Never has the management of maintenance been more important. For years we have been driving home the point that maintenance management isn’t just the...