Thank You for Taking Action
Thank you for joining nearly 73,000 REALTORS® by participating the National Flood Insurance Program Call for Action. We appreciate your participation and want to congratulate the five states and territories that have reached 20% participation — namely Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Puerto Rico, and South Dakota. We need your help in educating our REALTOR® colleagues on the importance of the National Flood Insurance Program and its impact on homeowners and the real estate industry. Use the buttons below to share the Call for Action with at least five of your colleagues. Determining what’s next for our association and for our industry...
#FairHousingMakesUSStronger: Fair Housing Action Plan Announced
Yesterday, we, along with other members of NAR’s Leadership Team, met with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, HUD’s Assistant Secretary of Fair Housing Anna Maria Farias, HUD General Counsel Paul Compton, and FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery and other senior officials to discuss fair housing just hours after unanimously passing a new plan to tackle the issue. The meeting allowed us to reiterate our commitment to partnering with HUD to advance fair housing protections, and we agreed to work jointly on public service announcements and other proactive initiatives to communicate the importance of housing access...
Advocacy Requires Preparation and Action
It’s August, and in the Nation’s Capital, that means it’s time for Congress to take its traditional seven-week “summer recess.” As REALTORS®, the concept of an August recess is foreign to us. We rarely take a break—not from our businesses and not from our advocacy work.
Land Use Initiative Helps Bakersfield Association of REALTORS® Defeat City’s Draft Climate Action Plan that Threatened to Worsen the Housing Crisis
The local REALTORS® saw that the draft Climate Action Plan developed by the City of Bakersfield would make real estate transactions more costly and would violate private property rights. With a coalition of concerned partners, they resisted its adoption. A Land Use Initiative review by Robinson & Cole provided the critical analysis they needed to convince the City Council to re-think the plan.
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Respond to the REALTOR® Party’s latest call for action. Support real estate advocacy efforts, protect property rights, and influence policies that impact homeownership.
