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The December/January 2026 issue of F+E offers insight into the new laws passed in 2025 and the impact on property valuation. Also in this issue:

  • What's trending in the IAAO library
  • IAAO accepting session proposals for annual conference
  • Members select new Board members
  • Meet the new IAAO instructors
  • Mapping IAAO membership
  • GIS/Val Tech conference registration opens
  • IAAO annual audit information
  • IAAO Impact Circle
  • New IAAO designees
  • Industry career opportunities

Table of Contents

President's Column - Donna VanderVries, CAE, AAS, PPS - p. 2

  • “When I took the oath of office at the 2024 Annual Conference in Denver, I was looking forward to 2025 and the many projects planned. And the year didn’t disappoint!”

What's Trending in the IAAO Library - Elizabeth Ferguson, PhD - p. 4

  • A month dedicated to statistics...

What new housing laws were passed? - Roshan Abraham - p. 5

  • Multiple states and localities brought affordable housing measures to the polls in 2025, with varying results.

Election ballots cast and counted - IAAO Governance - p. 11

  • IAAO members elect new representatives to the Board of Directors.

Visualizing untapped IAAO membership - Shaun Pate - p. 12

  • IAAO is exploring ways to identify areas with limited membership, first in the United States and then globally.

Meet the new IAAO instructors - IAAO Staff - p. 14

  • Seven members are now junior IAAO instructors able to teach in the live classroom.

Call for education session presentations - IAAO Staff - p. 16

  • IAAO is currently seeking conference proposals for the IAAO Annual Conference to be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from October 13-16, 2026.

Association news - IAAO Staff - p. 21

U.S. mayors say housing is their number one challenge - Robbie Sequeira - p. 23

  • More than half of surveyed mayors expect affordability to worsen in 2026, but their powers are constrained by state preemption, high construction costs, and limited municipal authority.

Association news - IAAO Staff - p. 28

  • By the numbers, career connection, Impact Circle, and new designees.

Roles

Editorial Review Board: Shannon Hiss, RES, RMA; Lisa Hobart, CAE, PPS, FIAAO; Kerry Leichtman; Josh Myers; Heather Poore, AAS, RES; Jeff Spelman, CAE; Joan Youngman, Esq.

Contributing Authors: Donna VanderVries, CAE, AAS, PPS; Elizabeth Ferguson, PhD; IAAO Research and Standards Committee; Roshan Abraham; IAAO Governance Committee; Shaun Pate; Robbie Sequeira

Publications Manager: Keith Robison

Senior Director, Communications & Technology: Mike Ardis, APR

Publication Date

12-2025

Fair + Equitable December/January 2026

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