Jessica Fiur is the editor-in-chief at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive and writes the award-winning blog What Renters Want.

Jessica has been with the company since 2011 and previously was with Weekly Reader and IQPC. Contact Jessica at jessica.fiur@cpe-mhn.com, on Twitter @jfiur or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafiur/.

Renters Face Affordable Housing Crisis, Harvard Housing Study Reports

Renters are spending more of their monthly incomes on housing than ever before.

Economy Watch: Jobs Created Across Economic Sectors

A number of major sectors of the economy created jobs in November, according to the mostly positive jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

MHN Interview: An Affordable Makeover in Hawaii

MHN talks to Stacie Brach, who manages the Western States affordable portfolio in Honolulu for The Michaels Organization, about the logistics such a significant effort entailed and how her “residents first” approach helped.

NWP Services Corporation Expands SSAE 16 Type II Audit Report for Multifamily Customers to International Standards ISAE 3402

NWP Services Corporation (NWP), a provider of utility management, resident and property operation services, today announced successful completion of the US SSAE 16 Type II Report (Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16).

Alliance Residential Buys San Diego-Area Apartments for $160M

Alliance Residential has acquired Coronado Bay Club, a 549-unit, garden-style apartment community in Coronado, Calif., an affluent “island” suburb of San Diego.

Stonemark Management Adds Yardi Expertise

Multifamily property management firm Stonemark Management recently hired Lela Brooks to train managers and leasing staff on the Yardi platform.

CBT Architects-Designed Charlesview Residences Open in Boston

The newly opened Charlesview Residences development, designed by CBT Architects, signals a bright new day for long-time residents of the structure it supplants, the dilapidated, 42-year-old Charlesview Apartments in Boston.

Economy Watch: 200k+ Jobs Created in November

The U.S. economy created 203,000 jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly the same as in October, and a bit more than expected.

Architect Forms New NY Firm, Works on Multifamily

Martin Kapell, until recently a partner at WASA/Studio A, has formed a new architecture firm in Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan: think! architecture and design.

Aria Completes DC Apartment Renovation

Aria Development Group completed renovation on The Bond, making it into an 83-unit apartment community in Washington’s West End neighborhood.