GET INVOLVED! REGISTER TO VOTE!

The Indiana General Assembly this year voted in favor of adding a referendum to the November ballot that will allow voters to decide if they want property tax caps permanent in the Indiana Constitution.

This is important to renters because rental units are capped at 2% of the property's assessed valuation. If property owners can keep their expense low, they are able to keep rents more affordable and property taxes are a large part of annual budgets.

We are encouraging multifamily rental property owners and managers this year to conduct voter registration days so that we can mobilize residents to vote in favor of the tax caps.

In addition to state issues, the Indiana Apartment Association also continues to fight on behalf of tenants at the local level. Over the past year, several Indiana communities have considered onerous apartment registration and inspection ordinances. We stand against them and encourage renters to stand with us. We believe these ordinances are intrusive into the private lives of apartment owners, as well as renters.

The information city councils seek to gather is already available through township government, zoning departments, the U.S. Census, and utility bills.

So, this year many state lawmakers are up for re-election. Many elected officials have dismissed renters as disengaged with some openly admitting they don't consider renters their constituents. This needs to change. Remember, we cannot effect necessary change in Indiana if we don’t participate in the electoral process. Show elected officials your voting power.

SHOW THEM APARTMENT VOTERS COUNT!