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For five years, the Utah Association of REALTORS® has been working with the governor’s office and the state legislature to engineer solutions to the state’s dire shortage of affordable housing. The recent session saw the creation of some game-changing approaches to funding, among other advances and reforms, which the state REALTORS® supported with their first big social media buy. An Issues Mobilization Grant helped make it possible.

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Affordability and fair housing remain the most significant challenges confronting the real estate industry today,” 2024 NAR President Kevin Sears said earlier this year. “[REALTORS®’] mission to promote the growth of prosperous, diverse, and inclusive communities across the United States is more resilient than ever.

With Fair Housing and Housing Opportunity Grants from the REALTOR® Party, the Battle Creek Area Association of REALTORS® has been steadily raising awareness of housing discrimination, and improving homeownership accessibility to historically underprivileged groups. Its latest effort brought authors Leah Rothstein and Sheryll Cashin to join a panel on racial healing.

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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.

When an unprecedented and arbitrary attempt to over-rule a recently adopted zoning determination was made by a Knoxville County Council member, the East Tennessee Association of REALTORS® turned to Robinson & Cole, LLC for expert analysis of the proposal. The law firm, retained by the REALTOR® Party to review zoning documents for state and local REALTOR® associations, returned a report that formed the basis of the REALTORS®’ successful opposition.

When the City of St. Helena, California was facing budget challenges last June, the City Council attempted to ‘solve’ its shortfall by increasing the real property transfer tax. In response, the North Bay Association of REALTORS® launched an energetic campaign to convince the voters to decline the tax increase, as well as a problematic transition to charter city status.

On the heels of significant legislative advances for housing in recent sessions, Oregon REALTORS® kept up the momentum by backing a law that would bring the state statute of limitations on construction defect liability closer in-line with that of its western peers. Their latest legislative success will reduce barriers to building affordable condominiums and expand access to homeownership to more Oregon residents. Their effort got a big boost from the REALTOR® Party’s Advocacy Everywhere program.

Making homeownership more accessible has been one of NAR’s top advocacy priorities for years, and REALTORS® are ensuring it’s top of mind for policymakers, too.

Using a Smart Growth Grant from the REALTOR® Party, the Texoma Board of REALTORS® broke through the planning fatigue that was keeping the town of Durant from making progress in its revitalization efforts. The temporary Better Block installation spurred the city to restripe crosswalks, repair water and electricity in planting areas and install new lighting. A temporary parking configuration designed to enhance walkability and community gathering was so successful, the city has welcomed it as a permanent improvement.