Advocacy Requires Preparation, NAR Praises Flood Insurance Cooperation, Success Stories, and More
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| Advocacy Requires Preparation, Action |
| It’s August, and in the Nation’s Capital, that means it’s time for Congress to take its traditional “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. And so we must be prepared to roll up their sleeves and take action at a moment’s notice even when Congress goes on recess.
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| The number of communities—in every state, both coastal and inland—that are impacted by the need for flood insurance. With significant improvements to the “21st Century Flood Reform Act,” NAR has endorsed the bill. Among the changes, NAR supported the House Financial Services Committee’s commitment to retaining “grandfathering,” a policy that protects homeowners from significant rate increases when a flood map changes.
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| The amount U.S. government spends annually on grants to property owners to repair flood damage. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is set to expire Sept. 30, 2017, unless Congress takes action. NAR has been actively engaged in trying to shape various pieces of legislation in accordance with NAR’s flood insurance policy principles. |
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| The estimated number of cellphone subscribers worldwide, according to digital analysts at GSMA Intelligence. That’s why NAR urges its members and state and local REALTOR® Associations to be on high alert for email, text, and online fraud. If you receive a text message asking for payment of a fine or sales tax on a prize, it is not from NAR. |
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| The REALTOR® Party At Work
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| Pacific Southwest REALTORS® Advocate for Transit-Oriented Smart Growth |
| To help find solutions to the severe housing shortage in San Diego, the REALTORS® of the Pacific Southwest joined forces with a coalition that proposed numerous Transit-Oriented Development strategies to the city. Shortly thereafter, the City Council unanimously adopted five new incentives to encourage in-fill development, especially along transit routes. A Smart Growth Action Grant from the REALTOR® Party helped the cause. |
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| Miami REALTORS® Kick Off a Year of Advocacy with Community Engagement Projects |
| With 46,000 members, the Miami Association of REALTORS® contributes significantly to the REALTOR® Party, but hadn't been able to utilize its grant programs with any efficiency of scale. But this year the association kicked off a program that better enables the large local associations to partake in all the opportunities available with maximum impact. Now, Miami is benefiting from a range of projects from dog parks to the development of a container house prototype, all with the support of the REALTOR® Party. |
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| Resources & Opportunities |
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Voice for Real Estate: NAR Praises Flood Insurance Cooperation
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| The latest Voice for Real Estate looks at close cooperation between House Financial Services Committee members and NAR in getting improvements made to flood insurance reauthorization. The insurance program expires at the end of September and lawmakers took an important step to renewing it by protecting homeowners from big rate increases should the flood map in their area change. They also capped how much rates can go up at any one time. The bill still needs to be taken up on the House floor. The video also looks at NAR’s sustainability summit, the latest home sales figures, NAR’s commercial member profile, and a call by new NAR CEO Bob Goldberg to get member input as he leads the association into the future. |
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On Common Ground, Summer 2017: Sustainability Issue Now Available
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| NAR has been supporting sustainability efforts for years in several ways, including through its Green Designation for REALTORS® who have completed training on sustainability and green homes; and its Smart Growth Program, which assists state and local REALTOR® associations in becoming leaders in sustainable land use and transportation. In this issue of On Common Ground learn more how others are planning for a sustainable future.
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2017 REALTOR® Party Resource Guide
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| Check out the 2017 REALTOR® Party Association Resource Guide on the REALTOR® Action Center website to learn more about community outreach, campaign services, RPAC and political fundraising and grassroots grant, program, education opportunities and much more. Also, review what programs and resources qualify for the new Vote, Act and Invest Core Standards’ requirements. |
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| Join the REALTOR® Party Online |
| Are you posting, liking, tweeting or pinning? So is the REALTOR® Party. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube to get the latest news, information and resources. |
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Send us examples of how your association put NAR’s REALTOR® Party resources to work to implement a successful advocacy or community outreach program. Email your stories to: realtorparty@realtors.org
See more than 100 stories documenting how REALTOR® associations around the country put REALTOR Party Resources to work at the REALTOR® Party Success Stories page. This newsletter replaces the NAR Weekly Report for this week and the second week of every month. The REALTOR® Party News will publish next on September 14, 2017. If you missed a previous edition check out the REALTOR® Party News Archive.
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