When industry publication The Real Deal wanted to learn more about Chicago's proposed Title Transfer Tax, it reached out to the NBOA as a well-established source of insight. The NBOA's media consultant connected the reporter…
Over 70 NBOA members and colleagues joined a 3/6/23 Zoom call where we received an update on pending legislation that could usher in rent control in Illinois. Illinois Realtors Senior Advisor for Governmental Affairs Betsy…
For the past three weeks, the NBOA team has been working with the Chicago Tribune's commercial real estate reporter on a story regarding the new Property Tax Incentive Program. You can read the full story…
NBOA has only enough money in its bank account to to see us through for the next month and a half. Unless NBOA can generate an influx of revenue, we will be required to make some really…
Small Housing providers are the backbone of Chicago’s neighborhoods, but they are struggling. We all know how hard housing providers work, and how much they care about their residents. We all have countless stories about…
Michael Zink, a housing attorney who is active in the small landlord association Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, said the Lightfoot administration’s effort fails to address what he sees as one of the most pressing issues…
On Sunday January 2, 2022, the Chicago Tribune ran this great story on the front page of its Real Estate section. The article showed the challenges facing neighborhood housing providers by telling the story of…
REJournals posted this year-in-review story about the local multi-family scene, and it featured NBOA members and our NBOA State Rental Housing Survey. The pandemic created a big opportunity for private equity, but squeezed independent Chicago…
On Monday, November 1, the Chicago Sun-Times printed this important letter from the NBOA highlighting the accomplishments of Chicago housing providers during the pandemic. Please read this important letter.