Housing Opportunity Program
REALTORS® are ideally situated to improve housing opportunities where they live. They are the first stop for the prospective homebuyer or renter. Accordingly, REALTORS® can reach out – through personal involvement in their own communities – to those who need greater access to quality, affordable homeownership and rental opportunities.
NAR's Housing Opportunity Program was created in 2002 with the vision of positioning, educating and assisting REALTORS® to create housing opportunities for all. The Housing Opportunity Program offers programs, grants, trainings, and resources that help REALTORS® and REALTOR® associations expand housing availability and insure an adequate supply of rental housing and homeownership opportunities in their communities.
Get Involved
- Partner with your Mayor and City with Ambassadors for Cities
- Apply for Funding to Support a Housing Program
- Sponsor or Attend a Home From Work Class or an Expanding Housing Opportunities Class
- Become involved with Workforce Housing
- Create Local Partnerships with NAR's National Partners
- Subscribe to the Housing Opportunity Program e-Newsletter
♦ More About Housing Opportunity
♦ Video: The New Face of Housing Opportunity
HOP News & Updates
The Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grant Web Seminar
If you missed the webinar for The Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grants program on March 17, check out the recorded webinar. This NAR grant program is designed to support Realtors®’ efforts to address workforce housing issues state by state. Funding is available to state Realtor® associations or state Realtor® housing foundations for existing initiatives as well as new initiatives.
NAR Survey Shows Americans Want More Government Involvement in Lending
NAR’s sixth pulse survey revealed that with an unstable American economy and slowdowns in the housing market, most consumers are open to the federal government taking a more active role in overseeing mortgage and lending practices. Review the new Pulse Survey.
