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...
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®...
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...
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...
In West Texas, the Permian Basin Board of REALTORS® Brings Critical Information on Rural Water Issues to Members and Affiliates
With support from a REALTOR® Party Rural Outreach Grant, the Permian Basin Board of Realtors® drew over 75 members to Midland, Texas for a Water Summit: a free educational event covering the ins-and-outs of the region’s water challenges. Elected officials, utility district officials, public...
Bridge Association of REALTORS® Fends Off Dubious Property Tax Increase in Oakland
When Oakland’s already-high property taxes were threatened with an increase that was problematic for a number of reasons, the local Bridge Association of REALTORS® led a broad coalition in a strategic opposition campaign. Successive Issues Mobilization Grants from the REALTOR® Party helped...
Land Use Initiative Program Helps Cheyenne Board of REALTORS® Press to Limit Scope of Proposed Property Inspection Ordinance Amendment
An economic study commissioned by the Greater Portland Board of REALTORS® revealed that new rent control measures have had the unintended impact of devaluing multi-family apartment buildings, which has shifted the tax burden to single-family homeowners. Rolling out the study was the first step in...
Greater Lakes Association of REALTORS® Leverages REALTOR® Party Resources to Build Trust, Partnerships, and Momentum Towards Solving Housing Challenges
Building on a 2020 Housing Study and a Transforming Neighborhoods assessment in 2023, the Greater Lakes Association of REALTORS® recently hosted a housing summit calculated to propel the research and information into action, giving Minnesota communities what they need to develop practical, locally...
With a Timely Call For Action, Navarre Area Board of REALTORS® Staves Off Reclassification of Short Term Rentals as ‘Commercial’ for Fire Assessment Purposes
By spurring just a few concerned members to contact lawmakers with strong and well-reasoned objections, the Navarre Area Board of REALTORS® was able to put a pause on a resolution to reclassify STRs as commercial property for fire assessment purposes. This would mean much higher fees for most of...
In Advance of City Council Decision, Greater Portland Board of REALTORS® Spells Out Impact of Rent Control on Homeowners
An economic study commissioned by the Greater Portland Board of REALTORS® revealed that new rent control measures have had the unintended impact of devaluing multi-family apartment buildings, which has shifted the tax burden to single-family homeowners. Rolling out the study was the first step in...