In This Issue Final Tally for RPAC’s 2024 Election Cycle. Advocacy Scoop Podcast Reveals NAR’s Biggest Wins of 2024. Flood Insurance at a Crossroads: NFIP Reforms, Risks and Real Estate Impacts. Looking Back at 2024: NAR Advocacy By-The-Numbers. Community Outreach Grants and Transforming Neighborhoods Programs Are Open for Associations to…...
Greater Boston Association Offers American Sign Language Course to Expand Inclusionary Range of Member Services
With support from a REALTOR® Party Fair Housing Grant, the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® offered members an eight-week course in the basics of American Sign Language, as well as Deaf culture. Taught by a member who is also a certified ASL instructor, the training spurred the development of online…...
GADFly Newsletter – March 2026
Big Win: Bipartisan housing bill passes 390–9; plus, FPC engagement results. New Tools Live: Fundraising Dashboard + Member Political Data Requests now available. Don’t Miss: FPC Academy, All-GAD Call & valuation policy updates. Compliance and RPAC: Polling guidance, 2026 transmittal deadlines & office hours....
GADFly Newsletter – February 2026
Big Win: Bipartisan housing bill passes 390–9; plus, FPC engagement results. New Tools Live: Fundraising Dashboard + Member Political Data Requests now available. Don’t Miss: FPC Academy, All-GAD Call & valuation policy updates. Compliance and RPAC: Polling guidance, 2026 transmittal deadlines & office hours....
Southwest Montana REALTORS® Teams with Billings, Great Falls and Helena Associations of REALTORS® to Promote Tax-Relief Programs
With help from a Consumer Advocacy Grant, four Montana associations mounted a robust campaign to raise public awareness of the state’s programs providing relief for low- and fixed-income earners, disabled veterans, and the elderly. While the multi-media effort was underway, REALTOR® representatives brought the information directly to their local senior…...
From Concept to Construction: How Ohio REALTORS® Built a Scalable Model for Infill Housing
With support from multiple REALTOR® Party Grants, Ohio REALTORS® created the ‘Housing Ohio’ Tools for Development Guidebook and advanced statewide housing reform that secures funding, infrastructure, and financing mechanisms for small-scale infill development. Additional Housing Opportunity Grants have helped local Ohio associations promote the new resources in their communities....
Greater Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS® Secures Land Use Initiative Review to Support Concerns over New Rental Ordinance in Bangor, Pennsylvania
GLVR spotted problems with the Borough of Bangor’s recent code update – on both sides of the landlord-tenant divide. Among the most worrying were excessive landlord penalties for disruptive tenant conduct, and the barring of any member of an evicted household from renting in the borough for five years. With…...
In Southern Alabama, Baldwin REALTORS® Help to Manage Growth with REALTOR® Party’s Land Use Initiative Program
Baldwin County, Alabama is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. When it recently updated its zoning code for new subdivisions, the local REALTOR® association submitted the proposed draft for a Land Use Initiative review, resulting in legal analysis that helped the county achieve a fair, clear, and reasonable…...