National Flood Insurance Program Extension, Celebrating National Homeownership Month with Pride, By The Numbers, Success Stories, and More View e-mail in browser June 13, 2019 Celebrating National Homeownership & Pride Month June is National Homeownership Month. While we are recognizing the important relationship between homeownership and encouraging people to learn more about homeownership opportunities and financial management plans, we are also recognizing milestones in veteran housing and celebrating gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and all other sexual orientations and genders. READ MORE By The Numbers 24M Number of loans backed by the VA Home Loan Program since its inception. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is also celebrating the 75th anniversary of the GI Bill. Since being signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the GI Bill's VA Home Loan Guaranty Program has given service members the chance to own a home through this centralized, affordable and accessible resource. See photos from the official event. LEARN MORE 9/30 New extended deadline of the National Flood Insurance Program. The extension was attached to a broader disaster aid package, H.R. 2157. In addition, House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC) unveiled long-term reauthorization and reform legislation. LEARN MORE $92,000 Median income of lesbian and gay homebuyers according to NAR’s first-ever Profile of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Buyers and Sellers. Released in recognition of national LGBT Pride Month, this report, uses four years of data from NAR’s Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and analyses the differences between LGB and other buyers and sellers. LEARN MORE The REALTOR® Party At Work Highlighted here are a few of the many REALTOR® Party success stories across the nation. These and others are cataloged in the Success Stories section on REALTORParty.realtor. Two Missouri Associations Help Communities Pass Much-Needed School Bonds REALTORS® in Washington state knew that access to affordable housing at all income levels was being hampered by lack of inventory. Using an Issues Mobilization Grant, they convinced lawmakers to tackle challenges ranging from zoning to builder-liability to spur the creation of more housing stock. READ More Advocacy Everywhere Helps DC REALTORS® Keep Property Taxes at Bay When the D.C. Association of REALTORS® learned on the eve of a budget vote that a City Council member was planning to introduce an “emergency amendment” taxing homes valued at more than $1 million, it dropped everything and called in the REALTOR® Party. A timely Call for Action got a strong message through to council members, and the proposal was shelved – for the time being. READ More Pacific Southwest REALTORS® Helps Create Homeless Resources Website Using a Housing Opportunity Grant, the Pacific Southwest Association of REALTORS® has sponsored the development of a website serving as a one-stop resource for those experiencing homelessness – or near-homelessness – in the San Diego area. READ More Resources & Opportunities Celebrating National Homeownership Month Throughout June, NAR is celebrating the homeowner heroes of today, tomorrow, and beyond! We’re recognizing the heroes that make homeownership thrive while building strong communities, creating generational wealth for families, and boosting our economy. Join us as we promote the American Dream of homeownership and recognize the people, policies, and programs that help protect homeownership now and into the future. LEARN MORE 50th Anniversary of RPAC Commemorative Artwork Are you one of the 10,000 2018 RPAC Major Investors whose name is part of the a custom picture by artist Phil Hansen. Replicating NAR’s Washington, D.C., building, watch the Commemorative Artwork Creation Video, and visit the 50th Anniversary of the REALTORS® Political Action Committee webpage to search for your name. LEARN MORE Say Cheese! View Capitol Hill Visit Photos During the 2019 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, REALTORS® met with 92% of the members of Congress. This includes meetings with all members of the Democrat and Republican House of Representatives and Senate leadership and the committee chairs, vice chairs, and ranking members. VIEW PICTURES 2019 REALTOR® Party Resource Guide Check out the 2019 REALTOR® Party Association Resource Guide to learn about resources for community outreach, candidate and issue campaigns, RPAC and political fundraising; member and consumer mobilization; and much more. Also, review the programs and resources that qualify for the new Vote, Act and Invest Core Standards’ requirements. DOWNLOAD 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.

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 300 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 July 11, 2019. If you missed a previous edition check out the REALTOR® Party News Archive. Headquarters: 430 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 DC Office: 500 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-2020 | 1-800-874-6500