The National Association of Realtors® provides a variety of technical assistance to enable state and local REALTOR® associations to start building better communities.  From providing expert analysis of the legal, planning, economic, and environmental issues surrounding legislative and regulatory land use proposals to drafting state legislation on Smart Growth issues.

Contact NAR today to see how we can assist your state or local association:

• NAR Land Use Initiative – Provides expert analysis of proposed legislation and regulatory land use measures of state and local government.
• NAR Land Use Initiative Memo Database – Contains over 500 reviews of proposed land use measures that have been addressed by the Land Use Initiative in a searchable database.
• Customized State Smart Growth Legislation Program – Provides assistance to state REALTOR® associations that wish to take the lead in writing and having introduced legislation to help the state better address the challenges of growth and to improve local communities.  
• Shared Government Affairs Directors (GAD) Program – Provides facilitation services and advice to help state and local REALTOR® associations develop new approaches for providing professional government affairs representation to local associations.
• State and Local Smart Growth Polling Program – NAR assists state and local REALTOR® associations in conducing polling on growth-related issues by paying half the cost.

 

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