In This Issue GAD Institute is next week, download the app on Apple or Google by searching GAD 2024 Updates to the RPAC Major Investor and Fundraising Grants AND Hall of Fame Nominations Check out REALTOR® Party on LinkedIn – use #REALTORParty to help amplify your wins! Dates to Remember…...
REALTOR® Party News – July 2024
In This Issue: NAR visits White House to discuss solutions to unlock housing inventory. New landing page outlines NAR's advocacy mission. Learn more about how state and local associations are using Housing Opportunity Grants to expand housing access. Shannon McGahn named 2024 HousingWire Woman of Influence. New resources: Placemaking Toolkit…...
Iowa REALTORS® Almost Use Advocacy Everywhere to Oppose Rent Control Measure… but Legislators Saw Reason, Rendering the Effort Unnecessary
The state association representing Iowa’s REALTORS® knew that the negative effects of a proposed rent control bill could far outweigh the benefits. It opposed the legislation through strategic advocacy, ultimately succeeding when, on the brink of a Call For Action, the state legislature cried ‘uncle.’...
Though Small in Numbers, Adirondack/Champlain Valley REALTORS® Is Making an Outsized Impact on Regional Development
A progression of Smart Growth Grants from the REALTOR® Party has been helping the Adirondack /Champlain Valley REALTORS® bring the sustainable development concept to the upstate New York region. They began with an education effort to create a groundswell of advocates and have now created a Smart Growth Developer’s Guide....
Maryland REALTORS® Successfully Oppose Sales Tax on Services
Faced with a legislative proposal that would have instituted a sales tax on services, Maryland REALTORS® launched a strong opposition focused on how the measure would increase the cost of housing at each step of development, construction, and sales. In consultation with REALTOR® Party staff, they created a Call For…...
GADFly Newsletter – June 2024
In This Issue VA officially announces temporary policy allowing VA home buyers to compensate their buyer broker directly. June is Homeownership Month: Check out NAR advocacy resources. GAD Institute is at capacity; join the waitlist today Check out REALTOR® Party on LinkedIn – use #REALTORParty to help amplify your wins!…...
REALTOR® Party News – June 2024
In This Issue: BREAKING NEWS: VA announces temporary policy allowing VA home buyers to compensate their buyer broker directly. June is Homeownership Month: Check out NAR advocacy resources. Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook helps communities move from awareness to action on increasing housing opportunities....
Oregon REALTORS® Conduct ‘People for an Affordable Oregon’ Campaign in Support of Key Housing Legislation
With insights gained from REALTOR® Party polling, Oregon REALTORS® launched an Issues Mobilization campaign to persuade legislators to approve critical legislation addressing the state’s ongoing housing and homelessness crises. The resulting passage of SB 1537 brings important land use and permitting reforms to the housing production process....
Utah Association of REALTORS® Conducts Compelling Social Media Campaign in Support of Major Legislation Boosting New Housing
For five years, the Utah Association of REALTORS® has been working with the governor’s office and the state legislature to engineer solutions to the state’s dire shortage of affordable housing. The recent session saw the creation of some game-changing approaches to funding, among other advances and reforms, which the state…...
Unveiling the Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook
Housing supply and affordability rose to the top of the list of priorities for state and local REALTOR® association staff on an issues survey conducted by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) late last year. Another takeaway? It will take action at all levels – federal, state, and local –…...