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Thousands of REALTORS® gathered in Anaheim last week to Own the Moment at NAR NXT, The REALTOR® Experience. Attendees packed the room at Monday’s Advocacy Scoop to hear the latest on the association’s priorities and successes at the local, state, and national levels. Read more about what REALTOR® advocacy has achieved this year and what’s ahead.

When the New York State Climate Action Council recommended extreme building-electrification requirements – including prohibiting natural gas service to existing and new buildings as of 2024 – REALTORS® launched a consumer education and awareness campaign to help convince lawmakers in ten Senate swing districts to temper the proposed mandates.

Hundreds of REALTORS® kicked off December in St. Louis at the REALTOR® Party Training Conference, preparing to advocate for property ownership on behalf of clients and communities in 2024. Speakers included former Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, and former HUD Deputy Secretary Pamela Patenaude, who all echoed the REALTOR® Party’s focus on bipartisanship in putting the American Dream in reach for more people.

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 Apply.
New Placemaking Video Highlighting REALTOR® Leadership in Livable Communities.

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 Apply.
New Placemaking Video Highlighting REALTOR® Leadership in Livable Communities.

Gathering the Troops Who will be attending? What districts are they connected to? Do they know any legislators or staff? Preparing Your Advocates Have they advocated before? How comfortable are they with it? Do they understand the basic skills (know what they want, who they’re talking to, how to talk to them and how to follow-up)? How will you be sure they gain those skills if needed? How will you gather the information you need to know about your legislators? How will you share that information with your advocates (Conference call? Meeting?) Creating the Stories & Messages Have you asked...

Best Practices A reception format is preferred and allows more time to engage each guest. Set a goal per attendee. Food/drink costs should be around $85 per person including tax and gratuity! NAR cannot reimburse costs above the hard limit of $100/head. Funds may only be reimbursed in full if the event raised three times the cost of applicable expenses.  Failure to raise three times the cost will result in reimbursement equaling one-third of the total funds raised. Send a thank-you email to everyone you invited and recognize your new investors. Schedule The Event Apply with several potential dates in...

Gathering the Troops Who will be attending? What districts are they connected to? Do they know any legislators or staff? Preparing Your Advocates Have they advocated before? How comfortable are they with it? Do they understand the basic skills (know what they want, who they’re talking to, how to talk to them and how to follow-up)? How will you be sure they gain those skills if needed? How will you gather the information you need to know about your legislators? How will you share that information with your advocates (Conference call? Meeting?) Creating the Stories and Messages Have you asked...

In its first-ever experiment with political involvement, the 250-member Greater Twin Falls Association of REALTORS® proved that you don’t have to be big to be effective. The city of Twin Falls needed to expand its waste water treatment plant, in order to support the growth and attract new business. With help from the Idaho Association, as well as a $10,000 Issues Mobilization grant and campaign assistance from NAR, the Twin Falls Association worked with local businesses and citizens to promote a special ballot initiative to fund expansion of the plant. They used the grant to develop direct mailers, business flyers...

When you have a national political convention coming to town for the first time in your state’s history, it’s best to know how to harness some of that attention for your cause. The North Carolina and Charlotte Regional Associations put their heads together and decided digital bill boards were just the ticket. They jointly applied for a $25,000 NAR Game Changer Grant and put it with $25,000 of their own to purchase one month of time on 10 billboards in five counties in the Greater Charlotte area—all on major thoroughfares that visitors would pass daily en route to and from...