For 40 years, the Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh has represented the interests of apartment owners and managers on the local, state, and federal levels of government. Advocacy on behalf of the industry has been a paramount responsibility of the association, is the foundation upon which the association was created, and is results-based. Over the years, AAMP and its members have been directly involved in legislation involving landlord and tenant relations, fair housing, professional licensing, and property maintenance codes to name but a few. The Association monitors legislative and regulatory activities that have a direct impact on the multi-family housing industry and lobbies in favor or against any such activity that is viewed to have an impact on the industry.
When legislation isn’t the answer, AAMP is prepared to take legal action and has successfully won class action cases to defend the rights and interests of its members. Recent examples of legal action taken by AAMP on behalf of its members include successful efforts to declare unconstitutional local government’s attempt to require union labor when contracting building maintenance and security services; defense of the tenant’s requirement to pay rent during an eviction appeal, and suspending rental owner registration requirements in the City of Pittsburgh.