Top REALTOR® Public Policy Issues
- Protection against new or increased taxes; oppose duplicate tax on real estate commissions, tax on closing costs, transaction taxes; fight for real property tax relief, lower rates
- Support higher professional development standards for REALTORS®
- Promote housing affordability/encourage creation of moderate priced housing for workforce (teachers, firemen, health workers, emergency and police); support "continuing education" for first-time homebuyers (financial literacy); emphasize support for raising incomes of low/moderate income families wishing to build wealth through homeownership; support initiatives for senior citizens - homestead deduction, etc.
- Call for continued community development and continued economic development to prevent flight of jobs, tax base; call attention to neglected zones
- Support transportation initiatives to reduce congestion on region's roads and increase quality of life in region
- Support initiatives to strengthen schools/education - support rational funding, community involvement with schools
- Support renewal of DC First-Time Homebuyer federal tax credit
- Support government budget restraint/ responsible government
- Call for more consistency, predictability in government action and enforcement of laws and regulations
- Insurance availability/affordability; fight stigmatization of both persons and properties
- Smart Growth - demand construction of infrastructure and services to support
- Resist government intrusion on property rights
- Integration of new varieties of service (no-service, low-service, e-offices)
- Tenant rights/rent control statutes
- Protect ease of commercial development
- Support for DC Vote in Congress
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