June 2016 - Vol. 8 Issue 6
Rental Housing Journal Utah
2. President’s Message – The Befits of the NAA
5. Ask the Attorney – Property Liens
3. Director’s Message – Supporting Those Who Support You
UPCOMING EVENTS General Membership Meetings Ogden ..................................... July 26th 7pm Logan ..................................... July 27th 7pm Salt Lake ............................... July 28th 7pm
EVENTS Good Landlord Class Salt Lake ..................................... July 8th 8:30am Ogden ............................................... July 19th 6pm www.GoodLandlordingTraining.com
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Utah Landlords Have Unique Opportunity To Help Local Refugees Jenny Gnagey, Catholic Community Services of Utah
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efugees come to Utah having fled persecution and conflict in their home countries. Upon arrival, they begin the process of making Utah their new home. The first step in this process is having an apartment to go home to. Because of this, Utah landlords have a unique opportunity to help local refugees. In recent years, approximately 1,200 refugees are resettled in Utah each year. Resettlement in Utah is operated by two official resettlement agencies, Catholic Community Services and the International Rescue Committee. These agencies provide two years of comprehensive case management for all arriving families. They also help coordinate services such as hous-
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Introducing the Industry Insights Report
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he Utah Apartment Association is proud to present our Industry Insight’s Report. This report is a unique benefit to our members and contains detailed, aggregated analysis for the entire state, major counties, and most significant submarkets along the Wasatch Front. By using information provided by members, industry partners and other databases we are able to present you with timely information about the neighborhoods where your properties are located, including average rent by type and by square foot. continued on page 4
UAA Meets With Governor’s Staff About Meth Issue
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epresentatives from the Utah Apartment Association and Realtor’s Association met in June with Justin Harding, Governor Herbert’s Chief of staff about state rules regulating meth contamination and cleanup. Attending the meeting from the State as well were Dr. Joe Miner and Dr. Rolfs, the two top appointed officials in the State Department of Health, the state agency that has jurisdiction over public health issues such as meth contamination. At issue was Utah’s only in the nation policy of allowing a kind of testing for meth contamination that is panned by all major sci-
entific and policy organizations and not allowed, according to officials at the state health department, by any of the other State Health Departments. The proper way to test for meth contamination is to use a method called discrete sampling, where individual samples are tested individually for contamination. However, meth testers and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department prefer a method of sampling called compiled composite sampling, which takes all the samples and mixes them together, and then tests continued on page 6
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