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
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Code of Ethics
Advocacy
Consumer Outreach
Unification Efforts and Support of the
REALTOR Organization
5. Technology
6. Financial Solvency
REALTOR Party Resource Guide
www.realtoractioncenter.com/cpaguide
REALTOR® Party Tracker
www.realtoractioncenter.com/realtor
partytracker
Our Best Asset is
Our Grassroots
Community Outreach Programs
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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]