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Hello FCAA Members,
As you likely know, President Biden recently proposed raising taxes on certain apartment owners and operators who raise rents more than 5% in a year.
And as you also know, rent control has proven unsuccessful in every jurisdiction where it has been tried. By forcing owners and managers to make difficult choices with limited revenue, rent control ultimately hurts the residents it is supposed to help.
Please act today by contacting your Representatives and Senators and asking them to oppose the Biden Administration's rent control plan and to make a public statement of opposition.
Limiting revenue ultimately disincentivizes housing providers to build more housing, and this makes the housing affordability crisis even more severe, when we know the country is short of millions of homes.
This is a slightly different campaign from previous campaigns. We are enabling you to call their District or State offices directly to express your views. As you take action, you will see a script that will guide your conversation; it runs about 30 seconds.
Please keep a couple of things in mind:
- If you have not taken action on an NAA campaign, we will ask you to provide your home address and cell phone; this is only to match you with your Representative and to have our advocacy platform place the call.
- Congress is in recess the week of July 15-19, so you will likely not reach a Member directly.
- Therefore, be patient and polite when talking with the local office staff; their job is to help constituents and communicate their concerns to the Member. They are not legislative staff.
- The staff will be taking your message and passing it on to the Member; they won't have the ability to give a yes or a no, but they will make sure you can contact them again.
Thank you for standing up for the apartment industry!
Take Action!
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