The best laid plans of late 2019 could never have accounted for what was around the corner in 2020. That’s where the ability to pivot could save the day, and even deliver a substantial silver lining, as the Oklahoma Association of REALTORS® recently learned. With a Consumer Advocacy Outreach grant…...
NAR Report Outlines New, Tailored Policies to Address U.S. Housing Affordability Problems
Nationwide housing inventory is lower than it’s been since the National Association of Realtors® began tracking this data in 1982. To continue its work to address a problem that has long plagued American communities and has been worsened by COVID-19, NAR this week released new research arguing that the nation’s…...
2021 NAR Smart Growth Challenge
Participate in the NAR Smart Growth Challenge to build more livable communities! Associations are invited to submit their best proposals under these grant categories: Smart Growth Grants support projects that advance public policies that support land use and transportation efforts that support one or more of the 10 Smart Growth…...
Bridge Association of REALTORS® Keeps Transfer Tax from Soaring with Compelling Campaign
In the City of Piedmont, California, the real property transfer tax was poised to become the highest in the state unless residents mobilized to vote down a proposed increase. The Bridge Association of REALTORS® leveraged an Issues Mobilization grant from the REALTOR® Party to defeat the measure at the ballot…...
Burbank Association of REALTORS® Defeats Threat of Extreme Rent Control, with Help From the REALTOR® Party
Although the state of California recently passed rent control legislation covering all municipalities that don’t have their own, the City of Burbank was facing a proposal that would impose severe additional measures on landlords – and cost upwards of $6 million annually. An Issues Mobilization Grant helped the local REALTORS®…...
GADFly Newsletter – January 2021
Special Announcements and Deadlines GAD Nation, NAR is looking for our next series of locations for GAD Institute! We are looking for a Central/Midwestern location for 2023 and a Western location for 2024. If you are interested in being an institute host, please email me your interest by February 15th.…...