HISTORY ...
In August 1974, a small group of apartment owners and managers—together with some interested business representatives—met to form the Harlingen Area Apartment Association. In May 1974, a similar group in Brownsville had begun the Cameron County Multi-Housing Association. Recognizing their mutual interest, these two groups met in September 1975 to form the Rio Grande Valley Apartment Association (RGVAA), and extended their scope to include all of the Lower Valley.
Thirty-five years later, the RGVAA has nearly 300 active members—including owners, managers, management companies and product/service suppliers—representing more than 18,000 rental units located from Rio Grande City, Mission, McAllen and Edinburg to Pharr, Weslaco, Harlingen, San Benito, Brownsville and SPI.Our focus is on communication, legislation, education and providing services to members and the community. In conjunction with the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the Texas Apartment Association (TAA), we closely monitor potential laws which could affect our industry. Membership in the local association automatically enrolls you as a member of both NAA and TAA. Each of the Associations work on behalf of all members—whether they own just a few, or a great many rental units.All those who are interested in participating in a non-profit, trade organization dedicated to orderly growth and development, high standards of construction and business ethics, and to the protection of the interests of both apartment residents and owners, are cordially invited to join the RGVAA in working to help make the Valley a more attractive, more prosperous, and more dynamic area in which to live and work.Texas Apartment Association TAA.org
The Texas Apartment Association (TAA) is a state-wide organization formed in 1963 to unify and serve the members of the rental housing industry in Texas. With affiliated local associations in 26 Texas cities or regions, TAA has more than 10,000 members, representing 1.6 million rental housing units throughout the state. Included in the many member services are:
Legislative representation, Political Action Committee, and monitoring of more than 25 state agencies with regulatory authority over the rental housing industry.
Copyrighted forms and lease contracts, for use by members only, are considered to be the most complete and fairest in the state. □ Laser Forms Software; □ TAA Redbook, more than 800 pages of laws, commentary, legal articles and sample management forms available in hard cover or online;Education Conferences and Trade Shows;
Publications—TAA News & Views Newsletter and Texas Apartments Magazine.
National Apartment Association www.naahq.org
The National Apartment Association (NAA), founded in 1939, is the only national organization devoted solely to the needs and interests of the multifamily housing industry. Among the benefits of membership are Education Programs; Legislative and regulatory representation; Information on industry issues via the award winning UNITS Magazine.
Serving to unify rental housing professionals through education,
legislative advocacy and member services since 1974.
956-428-5072
RGV Apartment Association
613 N. 77 Sunshine Strip
Village Shopping Center
Harlingen, TX 78550
Mail address: RGV AA
P.O. Box 3299
Harlingen, TX 78551-3299
Phone: 956-428-5072
Fax: 956-412-6191
E-Mail: rgvaajenny@aol.com
Code of Ethics
Membership in this Association shall be limited to those persons and firms subscribing to the following Code of Ethics.We the members of the Rio Grande Valley Apartment Association, recognizing our duty to the public, the apartment resident, the owner and manager, and being aware of the vastly increasing role of the rental housing industry in providing the home of the future, and in order to provide the apartment residing public with the maximum in quality and service upon the highest standards of honesty and integrity, do hereby bind ourselves, with the adoption of this Code of Ethics, with each and every member, together and alone, agreeing that, so long as we remain members of the Rio Grande Valley Apartment Association, and so long as nothing contained herein shall be unlawful, we shall:Promote, employ and maintain a high standard of integrity in the operation of our apartment communities;•Strive continuously to promote the education and fraternity of the membership and to promote the progress and dignity of the rental industry in creating a better image of itself in order that the public may be best served;
Strive continuously to promote the education and fraternity of the membership and to promote the progress and dignity of the rental industry in creating a better image of itself in order that the public may be best served;•Seek to provide better value so that an even greater share of the public may enjoy the many benefits of apartment living;
Seek to provide better value so that an even greater share of the public may enjoy the many benefits of apartment living;•Establish high ethical standards of conduct with apartment rental agencies, suppliers and others doing business with the rental housing industry;
Establish high ethical standards of conduct with apartment rental agencies, suppliers and others doing business with the rental housing industry;•Endeavor to expose all schemes designed to mislead or defraud the apartment residing public and to aid in the exposure of those responsible.
Endeavor to expose all schemes designed to mislead or defraud the apartment residing public and to aid in the exposure of those responsible.•Refrain from attempting to obtain apartment residents by means of deceptive, misleading or fraudulent statements, misrepresentations or the use of implications unwarranted by fact or reasonable probability.
Refrain from attempting to obtain apartment residents by means of deceptive, misleading or fraudulent statements, misrepresentations or the use of implications unwarranted by fact or reasonable probability.The power to interpret, administer and enforce the provisions herein shall be vested in the Board of Directors who may, with a two-thirds vote of the directors, suspend or expel a member for cause after an appropriate hearing.
