SSA Blog

Continued Progress for Self Storage in the Model Building Codes Codes and standards continue to be the foundation of facility design and construction. The SSA seeks to ensure our industry’s interests are vigorously represented when national model codes are developed. Over the past two years, navigating the International Code Council (ICC) development cycles, the SSA has made significant strides to protect owners from unnecessary construction costs while paving the way for industry-spe...

California and Nevada have both passed laws affecting consumers’ data privacy rights, which create affirmative compliance obligations for certain self storage owners, operators, and vendors.

You know a topic is relevant when “60 Minutes” runs a story on the topic. Their program titled “Drive-By Lawsuits” that aired in early December explained how the Americans with Disabilities Act has resulted in hundreds if not thousands of lawsuits where individuals have filed complaints against businesses not as actual customers, but based solely on a drive-by of the property or worse yet, by viewing the property on Google Maps and basing a claim on what is seen only from the computer screen.