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With support from a Housing Opportunity Grant, the West Georgia Board of REALTORS® partnered with a local HUD-certified housing counseling agency to offer a ‘Pathways to Homeownership’ course for first-time buyers.  Addressing essential aspects of the home-buying process – including obstacles to homeownership – the program was so well received that the REALTORS® are making it an annual event.

When rent control was put on the ballot in Columbus, Ohio, the state REALTOR® association stepped in to tackle the issue before it became a home-rule free-for-all among local jurisdictions.  They used an Issues Mobilization Grant to have an expert draft the legislation, and spared the entire state from a policy that actually decreases much-needed housing.

Need Your Input – Legislative Priority Surveys Which legislative issues do you think will be most important in 2023? Your participation in our State and Local Legislative Priorities Surveys is an invaluable part of NAR’s decision-making as it relates to advocacy resource allocation and preparation for the year ahead. Please use the following links to take the survey; note that there is one link for STATE GADs and another for LOCAL GADs. We request only one response per association. Questions? Contact Melissa Horn. State GAD Legislative Priority Survey Local GAD Legislative Priority Survey Have Your Members Tested Their Fair Housing...

A Fair Housing Grant from the REALTOR® Party enabled Florida’s Royal Palm Coast REALTOR® Association to conduct a symposium on serving clients with special needs. The speakers – a REALTOR® focused on helping clients with disabilities and a builder specializing in barrier-free housing – showed a full house what it means to offer proper standards of care to those whose abilities differ from their own.

DATES TO REMEMBER Nov 14 NAR NXT: GAD Reception, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (Brewheim) Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Meeting, 10:30 a.m. – Noon Nov 15 NAR NXT: GAD Breakout Sessions, Noon – 1:00 p.m. Nov 15 NAR NXT: Major Investor Reception, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Dec 4 Champion Issues with Community Outreach Grants Webinar Dec 14 RPAC State & Local Individual Year-end Transmittal Deadline WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NXT: Don’t Miss These Meetings and GAD-Exclusive Reception! Monday, Nov. 13 Lawsuit Update: Impact and Next Steps (In Person Only) Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Room 257, 200 Level –...

When multiple bills threatened an increased transfer tax on any real estate sale over $3M that encompassed a commercial development, Washington REALTORS® anticipated the derailment of desperately needed transactions throughout the state. An Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party helped them voice a strong argument against the problematic legislation.

Recording: “Know Before You Go” Webinar for RLM

On Thursday, April 25, the NAR Advocacy Team alongside the Congressional Management Foundation hosted a Know Before You Go Webinar to prepare FPCs, GADs and AEs for the 2024 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings. Joe Harris and Ryan Rusbuldt of NAR’s lobbying team walked through our messaging for Capitol Hill visits and addressed semantics around the legal settlement. Victoria Givens educated the group on how to hold successful Hill meetings and Socar Chatmon-Thomas, Chair of the FPC Advisory Committee discussed logistics during the week including the FPC 50th Anniversary Reception. In case you missed...

The Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of REALTORS® had long wanted to help lessen crime in their area. With a Game Changer Grant they found their opportunity by taking a lead in the city's new Graffiti Abatement Program. The 6,850-member board partnered with several government and non-profit groups to create a mobile Graffiti Abatement Unit to remove graffiti from houses and businesses. Most exciting of all is that the unit is staffed by a program that helps former inmates re-enter the workforce with dignity, skills and a strong worth ethic.

In Beaufort County, S.C., major construction, renovations, and updates were urgently needed throughout the school district, which had not had a successful bond referendum – its only source of such funding – in more than a decade. When a promising referendum made it to the ballot this year, the area’s REALTORS® stepped up to make sure it would pass.

When the public bus system of Hamilton County, Ohio needed an overhaul, ‘Reinventing METRO’ promised improved service and financial sustainability. To get it funded with an increase in the county sales tax, the local REALTOR® board joined a broad-based coalition in a leadership capacity, with support from the Ohio Association and the REALTOR® Party.