Priority Issues

Read about NVAR's work on several legislative and regulatory policy goals, including current priority issues, ongoing 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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2024–2025 NVAR Legislative Agenda

Download the 2023-2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA (2)
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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.

Your voice is important to us. 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

FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A Weekly Roundup of Public Policy News

Jun 6, 2025, 09:12 by Hannah Jane Costilow
Welcome to FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A weekly roundup of public policy issues and headlines from around the Northern Virginia Region, the Commonwealth, and Capitol Hill.

by Danielle Finley, Associate Director of Political Engagement

Welcome to FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A weekly roundup of Public Policy Issues and Headlines. In this Issue: In this Issue: 1. Youngkin sets Sept. 9 special election to fill Connolly’s seat 2. The National Observer: Real Estate: New steel, aluminum tariffs to hit construction industry 3. Developers face too many bureaucratic hurdles, County Board candidates say 4. Fairfax leaders bullish on AI industry growth but see need to prepare for job impacts 5. The Legislation on Everyone’s Mind: Tax Reform. 

 

By MARKUS SCHMIDT, Virginia Mercury  

Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday set a special election for Sept. 9, 2025, to fill the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Gerry Connolly, a longtime Democratic fixture in Northern Virginia who passed away May 21 after a recurrence of cancer. The writ of election, issued by Youngkin’s office, triggers a high-stakes contest in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, a region that leans solidly Democratic and is home to a large population of federal workers. Candidates hoping to compete must file by July 11, with eligibility details available on the Department of Elections website. 

 

By ASHLEY FAHEY, Washington Business Journal 

Construction markets across the country are feeling the brunt of tariffs, albeit not uniformly. General contractors are preparing for additional price hikes on key building materials in the wake of new steel and aluminum tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump's administration this week. 

 

By SCOTT MCCAFFREY, ARLNow 

Arlington’s slow process for approving and permitting new development came under fire from County Board candidates, including the incumbent, at a recent forum. “It’s a problem, no question about it,” incumbent Board Chair Takis Karantonis said at the event hosted by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. About 75 people turned out at VHC Health to hear Karantonis, his Democratic primary opponent James DeVita and independents Audrey Clement and Jeramy Olmack discuss business issues. 

 

By VERNON MILES, FFXNow 

At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors Council for Economic Opportunity on Tuesday (June 3), regional government and private sector leaders discussed plans to assemble an AI Coalition. Fairfax County leaders said part of their goal is to become a leader in AI technology and facilitate a business community that’s fully adopting and training workers on AI. 

 

By MICHAEL RAUBER, REALTOR® News Magazine  

Will the current tax reform bill — with significant wins for real estate — emerge intact from Senate deliberations? Ahead of meetings with their senators and representatives this week, National Association of REALTORS® members had the opportunity to sit with two former members of Congress — Kevin Brady of Texas and Dan Kildee of Michigan — for a discussion centered on H.R. 1, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, and its potential impact on the real estate economy.