New York City’s REALTORS® Combine Efforts to Support Pro-Housing Ballot Measure
To help break through the red tape and administrative bottlenecks that have slowed housing development in New York City to a debilitating pace, the four local REALTOR® organizations and the New York State Association threw their energetic support behind Ballot Question 3: Simplify Review of Modest...
Greater Boston Association Offers American Sign Language Course to Expand Inclusionary Range of Member Services
With support from a REALTOR® Party Fair Housing Grant, the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® offered members an eight-week course in the basics of American Sign Language, as well as Deaf culture. Taught by a member who is also a certified ASL instructor, the training spurred the...
Cincinnati REALTORS® Rally Opposition, Prevent Transfer Tax Increase
Association: REALTOR® Alliance of Greater Cincinnati Focus: Defeating proposed transfer tax increase in 2026 Hamilton County budget...
Southwest Montana REALTORS® Teams with Billings, Great Falls and Helena Associations of REALTORS® to Promote Tax-Relief Programs
With help from a Consumer Advocacy Grant, four Montana associations mounted a robust campaign to raise public awareness of the state’s programs providing relief for low- and fixed-income earners, disabled veterans, and the elderly. While the multi-media effort was underway, REALTOR®...
From Concept to Construction: How Ohio REALTORS® Built a Scalable Model for Infill Housing
With support from multiple REALTOR® Party Grants, Ohio REALTORS® created the ‘Housing Ohio’ Tools for Development Guidebook and advanced statewide housing reform that secures funding, infrastructure, and financing mechanisms for small-scale infill development. Additional Housing Opportunity...
Greater Lehigh Valley Association of REALTORS® Secures Land Use Initiative Review to Support Concerns over New Rental Ordinance in Bangor, Pennsylvania
GLVR spotted problems with the Borough of Bangor’s recent code update – on both sides of the landlord-tenant divide. Among the most worrying were excessive landlord penalties for disruptive tenant conduct, and the barring of any member of an evicted household from renting in the borough for...
In Southern Alabama, Baldwin REALTORS® Help to Manage Growth with REALTOR® Party’s Land Use Initiative Program
Baldwin County, Alabama is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. When it recently updated its zoning code for new subdivisions, the local REALTOR® association submitted the proposed draft for a Land Use Initiative review, resulting in legal analysis that helped the county achieve a...
St. Charles REALTORS® Leverage Multiple REALTOR® Party Tools to Protect Open House Signs
In St. Charles County, Missouri, a proliferation of advertising signs brought on a restrictive reactionary ordinance by the Board of Aldermen, threatening to throw the baby out with the bath water. Using the Land Use Initiative program and a Call for Action, the local REALTORS® have been able to...
Northern Kentucky Association of REALTORS® Shrinks Economic-Understanding Gap with Consumer Advocacy Campaign
With support from a Consumer Advocacy Outreach Grant, the Northern Kentucky Association of REALTORS® clarified the connection between housing affordability and the lack of inventory, which polling had shown to be misunderstood among local residents. The Northern Kentucky “A Place for All”...
St. Louis REALTORS® Help Lower Minimum Buildable Lot Size with Expert Guidance from Land Use Initiative Program
The City of St. Louis, Missouri can expect its affordable housing deficit to be eased to a certain extent, thanks to a recent zoning ordinance revision that lowered the minimum buildable lot size from 4,000 sf to 1,500 sf. Support from St. Louis REALTORS® helped legislators clarify their thinking...