Over the course of several years, St. Louis REALTORS® has engaged in transit and community development advocacy that began with a hands-on placemaking project and grew to involve more extensive Smart Growth grants and State and Local Growth Polling. Its sustained commitment was recently recognized by Citizens for Modern Transit…...
Maryland REALTORS® Engage in Multi-Year Consumer Outreach Campaign Establishing MarylandHomeownership.com as Authoritative Source for Housing Information
To promote its new dynamic, content-rich, consumer-facing website, Maryland REALTORS® conducted a series of statewide outreach campaigns to introduce it to the target audience: anyone who owns a home or is interested in owning a home in Maryland. A variety of REALTOR® Party resources have made this possible – including…...
With Early Use of Land Use Initiative Program, Jacksonville Board of REALTORS® Helps Shape the Future of Holly Ridge, North Carolina
The Jacksonville Board of REALTORS® was in on the ground floor when the Town of Holly Ridge, North Carolina began updating its Comprehensive Land Use Plan. With two members serving on the town’s planning committee and access to the REALTOR® Party’s Land Use Initiative program, the REALTORS® were well positioned…...
GADFly Newsletter – October 2026
Rental Housing Policies in Focus: Join the April 16 roundtable on rent control, tenant protections and emerging trends FPC Award Nominations Due April 30: Recognize the top Federal Political Coordinators NAR Committee Applications Open: Apply by June 24 All-GAD Call Preview: Join us on April 29 for Columbus Insights and…...
REALTOR® Party News – May 2026
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…...
GADFly Newsletter – September 2026
Rental Housing Policies in Focus: Join the April 16 roundtable on rent control, tenant protections and emerging trends FPC Award Nominations Due April 30: Recognize the top Federal Political Coordinators NAR Committee Applications Open: Apply by June 24 All-GAD Call Preview: Join us on April 29 for Columbus Insights and…...
Greater Lehigh Valley REALTORS® Utilizes Education and Direct Advocacy to Improve Vacant Property Proposal
When the city of Allentown, PA decided that they wanted to take a more proactive approach to fight blighted properties, their work began with a proposal to address vacant properties. The thinking being that if they could identify and prevent vacant properties to begin with, they could stem the tide…...
GADFly Newsletter – August 2026
Rental Housing Policies in Focus: Join the April 16 roundtable on rent control, tenant protections and emerging trends FPC Award Nominations Due April 30: Recognize the top Federal Political Coordinators NAR Committee Applications Open: Apply by June 24 All-GAD Call Preview: Join us on April 29 for Columbus Insights and…...
Greater Providence Board of REALTORS® Deflects Rent Control Threat with Vigorous Issues Mobilization Campaign
REALTORS® in Providence, Rhode Island led a successful campaign against a threatened rent control ordinance that would have shifted a multi-million-dollar tax burden to local homeowners and ultimately suppressed the solution to the region’s severe housing shortage: the production of additional housing. An Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party…...