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Ordinance in several important ways.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="xxlarge-6 cell"> <div class="news-list"> <div class="news-item views-row"><div class="news-item-media"><a href="/elected%20rent%20board/news/important-information-2025-aga-and-upcoming-annual-security-deposit"><div> <div class="field-wrapper field field-media--field-media-image field-name-field-media-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-11/Calculator_850x475.jpg" width="849" height="475" alt="A hand holding a pencil and pushing buttons on a black calculator that is sitting on a table top." /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </a></div><div class="views-field views-field-title news-item-content"><h4 class="field-content title"><a href="/elected%20rent%20board/news/important-information-2025-aga-and-upcoming-annual-security-deposit" hreflang="en">Important Information on the 2025 AGA, and the Upcoming Annual Security Deposit Interest Payment</a></h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-key-message news-item-content"><div class="field-content"><p><em>Understanding and implementing the 2025 AGA, and annual security deposit interest payment.</em></p></div></div></div> <div class="news-item views-row"><div class="news-item-media"><a href="/elected%20rent%20board/news/registration-fees-are-due-monday-july-1-2024"><div> <div class="field-wrapper field field-media--field-media-image field-name-field-media-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Deadline_850x475.jpg" width="850" height="475" alt="The word "deadline" written on a post-it note tacked to a cork board with a clock in the foreground." /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </a></div><div class="views-field views-field-title news-item-content"><h4 class="field-content title"><a href="/elected%20rent%20board/news/registration-fees-are-due-monday-july-1-2024" hreflang="en">UPDATED: Registration Fees Are Due Monday, July 1, 2024</a></h4></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-key-message news-item-content"><div class="field-content"><p>Avoid penalties by paying your fees on time!</p> </div></div></div> <div class="news-item views-row"><div class="news-item-media"><a href="/elected%20rent%20board/news/important-changes-security-deposit-law"><div> <div class="field-wrapper field field-media--field-media-image field-name-field-media-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-03/Important_850x475px.jpg" width="850" height="478" alt="Close up image white computer keyboard with a blue key labeled "important."" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </a></div><div class="views-field views-field-title news-item-content"><h4 class="field-content title"><a 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