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  • Home
  • Membership
    • Membership Application
    • New Members
    • CAA Advertising Opportunities
  • Member Login
  • Advocacy
    • Afghan Housing Initiative
    • Public Policy Updates
    • Grassroots
    • Local/State
    • Federal Updates
  • Education & Events
    • Calendar
    • Education Programs
    • NAAEI Visto Online Education
    • Events >
      • Golf Outing
      • Maintenance Mania
      • Reverse Raffle
    • General Membership Meetings >
      • March 2023
  • Resources & News
    • Apartment Age Newsletter
    • Bed Bugs - CAA's Management Plan
    • Bureau of Workers Compensation
    • CAA Business Partners
    • CAA Diversity and Inclusion Statement
    • NAA News/Updates
    • Updates
    • Additional Resources
  • Member Directory
  • About Us
    • Associate Council
    • Board of Trustees
    • CAA Staff
    • Community Assistance Foundation >
      • 2022 CAF Recipients
    • Contact >
      • Driving Directions
    • FAQ
    • History
    • Trademark & Licensing

Legislative Victories

Mandatory Rental Registration:
  • In 2018 emphasis was placed on reducing evictions filed in Franklin County.
  • The City of Columbus proposed requiring all rental units to register with the City and pay a fee of $25-50 per unit and undergo inspection prior to re-renting the unit.
    • The fee and time involved would have been an enormous cost to rental property owners and inconvenienced potential renters.
  • CAA was able to prevent this legislation from being introduced.
  • CAA members own about 150,000 apartments. A $50 per unit fee would have cost the industry $7.5 million dollars a year.

Retaliatory Evictions:
  • The City of Columbus proposed changing the retaliatory eviction ordinance that would allow more renters to claim an eviction was retaliatory. 
  • The proposed ordinance increased penalties and would have prevented an owner from evicting a tenant for any reason for 6 months after a finding that an owner filed a retaliatory eviction.
  • CAA worked with City Council and the City Attorney to re-draft the ordinance so it would not conflict with state law and was fair to both the resident and the owner.

​Sub Metering:
  • The Ohio General Assembly introduced several bills to regulate sub metering of utilities.
    • ​One version could have prevented sub metering, another would have classified owners that sub meter utilities and subjected owners to costly regulatory requirements.
  • The Ohio Apartment Association and other collaborators were successful in keeping these bills from becoming law.

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Columbus Apartment Association
1225 Dublin Road, Suite 120  |  Columbus, Ohio 43215
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