As your association builds advocacy action plans for 2023, don’t overlook the many resources available through the REALTOR® Party help take your efforts to the next level.
You don’t have to start with a major campaign. Use a grant to host a community discussion or clean up an underutilized space in your town – and let your neighbors know it was done by REALTORS®. Small steps can make a big difference and build a foundation for greater advocacy gains.
If you need a starting point, check out the success stories on the REALTOR® Party website. Every month, we add new stories from associations of all sizes around the country that have achieved an advocacy win with the help of one of these programs. Each one contains contact information, so you can reach out directly to the Association Executive or Government Affairs Director and ask them how they did it.
Have an idea but not sure how to make it happen? Sign up for one-on-one coaching calls with NAR staff to help you get your project off the ground.
Bookmark the online REALTOR® Party Resource Guide for a full list of the grants and programs available to your association. Here are a few examples:
Community Outreach
Make a lasting difference in your community and build relationships with local leaders through Community Outreach Grants – housing opportunity, smart growth, placemaking, rural outreach, and fair housing. Use Diversity and Inclusion Grants to enhance diversity in your association and partner with multicultural real estate organizations in your area.
Is your community facing a challenging real estate issue? Receive training and technical assessments through the Transforming Neighborhoods program. Need expert guidance on legislative or regulatory proposals? The Land Use Initiative can provide your association with a personalized analysis of proposed amendments, bills, ordinances, or regulations.
Consumer Advocacy
Engage consumers in your community to advocate for homeownership and property rights with a Consumer Advocacy Outreach Grant.
Political Advocacy
Mount an advocacy campaign or support or oppose a ballot measure that impacts the real estate industry with an Issues Mobilization grant. Apply for a State and Local Independent Expenditure to support a state or local candidate who champions real estate issues. Use Advocacy Everywhere to make the REALTOR® voice heard through a Call for Action.
RPAC
Enhance the advocacy culture in your association by increasing RPAC participation and fundraising receipts with RPAC Fundraising Grants. Encourage more members to step up their involvement through the Major Investor Fundraising Program. Invite a member of the REALTOR® Party Travel Team to make the ask at your next event.
REALTOR® Party Conference
Host your own state or local REALTOR® Party Conference to get more members bought in to the mission and activities of the REALTOR® Party.
Don’t leave these resources on the table! The REALTOR® Party is here for you every step of the way.
Make 2023 the year your association joins the REALTOR® Party in advancing real estate issues, supporting REALTOR® champions, and transforming our communities.
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Dale Gooding says
atI want to address with preventing solutions of the Creighton Road flooding in the Chickahominy River being in county of Henrico/Hanover area. I do not know if VDOT has had any alterative correction currently other than to temporary block local residential traffic by putting road closed signs to prevent travel. Would it be advisable to bring VDOT, Hanover and Henrico counties engineers to a meeting to join in a reasonable solution?
Concerned,
Dale Gooding