NVAR

Priority Issues

Read about NVAR's work on several legislative and regulatory policy goals, including current priority issues, on-going issues, standing Public Policy Positions and recent Realtor® Advocacy Wins. Make your voice heard by submitting feedback for the annual NVAR Legislative Program, submitted every spring.

Realtor® Advocacy
Wins

NAR Federal
Issues

2023-2024 NVAR Legislative Agenda

Download the 2023-2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

Housing Supply, Attainability & Affordability
Common Interest Communities
Property Management and Residential Landlord and Tenant Issues
Realtor® Professionalism, Education and Practice
Fair Housing
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Emergin Technologies
Standing Positions

On-Going Issues

Sign Ordinances
New Virginia Laws
Property Tax Rates

NVAR Legislative Program

Every spring, NVAR compiles legislative and regulatory policy goals for the coming year into a document called the NVAR Legislative Program.

The Legislative Program is developed over several months based on feedback given by NVAR members. The process begins in March, when NVAR committees and forums are asked to submit issues to the NVAR Public Policy Committee for consideration. Individual Realtors® may also submit issues to the committee. A task force researches these issues and recommends pertinent ones for inclusion in the Legislative Program.

Once a draft program has been developed, the Public Policy Committee reviews it and sends a final draft to NVAR’s Board of Directors for consideration. Following approval by the Board, NVAR forwards the program to the Virginia Association of Realtors® for inclusion in the statewide list of legislative priorities.

An important component of the issues we look at is your voice. If you have suggestions for items we should be looking into please email us at govaffairs@nvar.com OR fill out this quick form.

Town Hall Notes Blog

Election Date Changed

May 1, 2020, 12:31 PM by User Not Found

Considering the possibility of exposure at voting locations and the fact that no one should have to choose between their health and safety and their right to vote, Governor Northam has approved Executive Order 59 to postpone the regularly scheduled May Town and City elections.

The Commonwealth continues to respond to the threat posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Considering the possibility of exposure at voting locations and the fact that no one should have to choose between their health and safety and their right to vote, Governor Northam has approved Executive Order 59 to postpone the regularly scheduled May Town and City elections.

The elections scheduled for May 5, 2020, will now be held on May 19, 2020.
The last day to request an absentee ballot by mail or email is extended to May 12,2020. The deadline to vote absentee in person is now May 16, 2020 and the deadline for returning an absentee ballot by mail is 7:00 p.m. on May 19, 2020.

ALL VOTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL USING THE “MY DISABILITY OR ILLNESS REASON”. VISIT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.

In the Northern Virginia Region, the following elections are impacted:

Fairfax

Fairfax City (Mayor, City Council, School Board)

Clifton (Mayor and Town Council)

Vienna (Mayor and Town Council)

Loudoun

Hamilton (Town Council)

Lovettsville (Mayor and Town Council)

Middleburg (Mayor and Town Council)

Purcellville (Mayor and Town Council)

Round Hill (Mayor and Town Council)

Prince William

Dumfries (Town Council)

Haymarket (Mayor and Town Council)

Occoquan (Mayor and Town Council)

Quantico (Mayor and Town Council)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

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