Your Involvement in the REALTOR ® Party REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Committee.

Your Involvement in the REALTOR® Party

REALTOR® Party Member Involvement Committee

Building a Culture of Advocacy

The REALTOR® Party Needs

Every Member

Core Standards - 6 categories

1. Code of Ethics 2. Advocacy3. Consumer Outreach4. Unification Efforts and Support of the

REALTOR Organization5. Technology6. Financial Solvency

REALTOR Party Resource Guidewww.realtoractioncenter.com/cpaguide

REALTOR® Party Trackerwww.realtoractioncenter.com/realtorpartytracker

Our Best Asset is Our Grassroots

Community Outreach Programs• Resources & Toolkits

– Growth Management Fact Book & State Issues Tracker– On Common Ground Magazine– Toolkits & Guides (on Transportation, Schools, Smart

Growth, Water Infrastructure, Affordable Housing, Diversity)

• Classes– Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH)– Expanding Housing Opportunities (EHO)– Smart Growth for the 21st Century

• Technical Assistance– Land Use Initiative– Smart Growth Polling– Customized State Smart Growth Legislation

• Grants – Housing Opportunity, Smart Growth, Diversity &

Placemaking

Examples of Housing Opportunity Grants

• Santa Fe (NM) Association of REALTORS - $5,000 grant produced report “Affordable Housing in Santa Fe”

• Fox Valley and Main Street associations (IL) – “Experience Aurora” - $4,000 grant for expo and trolley tour to highlight available homes

Examples of Diversity Grants

• Texas Association of REALTORS - Used a $5,000 Diversity Grant to hold a joint summit on affordable housing with the Texas chapters of the National Assn. of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals

• Austin Board of REALTORS - Used $5,000 Diversity Grant to hold a two-day joint conference with local chapter of NAREB on “State of Housing in Black America.”

Examples of Smart Growth Grants

• Greater Rochester (NY) AOR – Used a $15,000 NAR grant to support a community design workshop for the village of Lima, NY, partnering with the Citizen's Institute on Rural Design.

• Austin Board of REALTORS - Used a $15,000 grant to co-sponsor a multi-day workshop to create a master plan for the South Central Waterfront Area, a 97-acre downtown site.

Examples of Placemaking Micro-Grants

• Northern Kentucky AOR - received $1,800 to provide park benches for a walking trail.

• Merrymeeting (ME) BOR - $2,200 to support an outdoor reading room and garden at downtown library.

Increase Call for Action Participation Rate Above

20%

Thank You!

Contact me:– Name, RPMIC– Email

Contact NAR:– Erin Murphy, Grassroots Team– [email protected]