Priority Issues

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. 

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2023-2024 NVAR Legislative Agenda

Download the 2023-2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
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On-Going Issues

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NVAR Legislative Program

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.

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Town Hall Notes Blog

American Rescue Plan Summary: The National Association of REALTORS®

Mar 25, 2022, 11:56 AM by Chris Barranco
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Find out how the major provisions of the 2021 coronavirus relief package known as "American Rescue Plan of 2021" impacted Realtors®.

NAR's Federal Advocacy team worked closely with Congress and the Administration to ensure the interests of REALTORS®, their families, consumers, and the entire real estate industry were protected in any federal action in response to COVID-19.

The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package known as the “American Rescue Plan of 2021” (ARP) was passed by Congress and signed in to law by President Biden on March 11, 2021.

Additional funding in this legislation provided relief to those behind on mortgages, rent, and utility bills, including:

- $21.55 billion for emergency rental assistance through September 30, 2027$5 billion in emergency housing vouchers through September 30, 2030

- $100 million for tribal housing improvements$100 million for rural housing through September 30, 2022.

Included in the package are several provisions that impact the real estate industry. 

To view the National Association of REALTORS® American Rescue Plan Summary, please click here.