The SSA has a robust legislative agenda planned for 2022. SSA intends to pursue lien law amendments in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia. Also, SSA intends to pursue a self storage lien law in Alaska – the last remaining state without such a law.

  Codes and standards are a basis of building and facility design. Even with the best of intentions, sometimes code requirements are at odds with a building’s usability while offering no clear benefit. The SSA advocates for commonsense changes to the national model codes and standards to increase efficiencies and limit costs for facility construction. In 2021, SSA plans to pursue further modifications to the codes outlined below with the assistance of code consultant Andrew Klein...