September 2013 • Vol. 50 No. 9
The Official PublicaTiOn Of The arizOna MulTihOusing assOciaTiOn
NAAEI Recognizes AMA and Pam Shelton with Second National Pusateri Award By AMA and NAAEI In June, during the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) conference in San Diego, Pam Shelton, a principal of Allison-Shelton Real Estate Services and Robert Hicks, Chariman of the Board of the Arizona Multihousing Association (AMA), accepted the Anthony V. Pusateri Apartment Career Promotion Award on behalf of the AMA. The national award recognizes an individual, a company or an association who has made the biggest impact creating awareness of careers in the apartment industry among high school and college students, military veterans and spouses or career changers through outreach activities. The Arizona Multihousing Association was awarded the Comprehensive Apartment Career Promotion Award. Shelton has served as the chair of the Education Committee for the
The National Apartment Association 2013 honors Pam Shelton with a second consecutive Anthony V. Pusateri Award. Photo courtesy of NAA. Bill Wollinger, NAAEI President; Pam Shelton, Allison-Shelton Real Estate and Chairman of the AMA Education Committee; Robert Hicks, Alliance Residential and President of the AMA Board of Directors; and Maureen Lambe, NAAEI Executive Vice President.
Slum Property Enforcement in Phoenix Takes Focus and Collaboration
By AMA
This summer, the City of Phoenix demonstrated their commitment to taking a more aggressive approach to dealing with slum properties. The City Council Housing, Planning, and Development subcommittee reinstated the slum-property designation and the appeals panel that will strengthen the enforcement process on rental properties to protect renters and neighborhoods. Phoenix Councilmen Tom Simplot (District 4) and Daniel Valenzuela (District 5), worked with leadership and city staff to strengthen the enforcement of these laws. As part of this initiative, they brought back the “slum property” designation and the appeals panel. Professional Publishing, Inc PO Box 30327 Portland, OR 97294-3327
During the economic downturn, the City faced a number of budget cuts and the neighborhood services teams focused only on the most critical situations. Recently, additional resources were allocated to allow the city offices to focus on repeat offenders, track their progress in making necessary updates and repairs, and file criminal charges when necessary by collaborating with the City Prosecutor’s Office. The Neighborhood Services Department is able to issue slum property designations when code compliance staff identifies violations of the Phoenix Neighborhood Preservation and/or a zoning ordinance. These violations may address the state of the property or they may Continued on page 3
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past few years. Under her devoted leadership, the AMA created a series of large scale community job fairs in Phoenix and in Tucson. In addition, she worked with AMA members and the staff to create the “Jump Start” program to educate potential employees about the range of positions available in the apartment industry. For the first time, the NAA recognized the AMA and Shelton for a record second consecutive year. Working with local Arizona partners like Republic Media, Phoenix Channel 12, CareerBuilder.com and Apartments.com, Shelton was able to bring together high profile partners to spread the word about the job fairs to applicants. Attendees were able to interview with as many as 20 apartment management companies in one location during the job fairs. And for more serious job seekers, the AMA offers its “Jump Start”program in a Continued on page 3
Padres Outing to Support Big Hearts for Little Hands By Elizabeth Beaulieu, Nicolosi & Fitch and Stacy Weaver, MacGray Laundry Services Co-Chairs, Big Hearts for Little Hands (Tucson) The AMe, Inc.-Tucson Big Hearts for Little Hands committee 2013 campaign to benefit Our Family Services-New Beginnings in Tucson has already proven to be a great success! The collaborative effort from so
many of the Tucson AMA members continues to prove that Tucson can really come together to make things happen. Events like the AMA Family Night at the Tucson Padres (July 18, 2013) started as a “spur of the moment” plan to include in this year’s Tucson Big Hearts for Little Hands fundraising efforts. Committee members were pleasantly surprised at what a Continued on page 2
PRSRT STD US Postage PAID Seattle, WA Permit #741 Co-Chairs, Elizabeth Beaulieu (Nicolosi & Fitch) and Stacy Weaver (MacGray Laundry Services) hard at work at the AMe, Inc.-Big Hearts for Little Hands (BH4LH) table on the concourse at the Padres game. Also pictured is Lauren Reece of The Woods (NFI). Committee members sold raffle tickets for several large prizes as well as BH4LH insulated cups, t-shirts and jewelry.