Issues Mobilization

Glendale Association of REALTORS® Layers Multiple REALTOR® Party Resources to Oppose Threat of Additional Transfer Tax

Brandon Maddox — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:41:05 +0000

A strategic deployment of several resources from the REALTOR® Party, including an Issues Mobilization grant and an assessment by the Land Use Initiative program, helped the southern California association keep an additional transfer tax from being put on the ballot, where it would have been magnitudes more costly to combat.

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Keeping Legislative Attention Focused on Housing, Utah REALTORS® Achieve Passage of Priority Bills

Brandon Maddox — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:34:42 +0000

In a push to realize an ambitious raft of housing policy, Utah REALTORS® launched a campaign called Getting Homeownership in Utah Back on Track. The effort was a success: all its priority bills passed, the legislature authorized an additional $20 million in funding for first-time homebuyers, and an innovative partnership was formed to develop affordable housing on excess state land. An Issues Mobilization grant from the REALTOR® Party helped make it happen.

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Illinois REALTORS® and Quad City REALTORS® Use Polling and Issues Mobilization Grant to Defeat Threat of Home Rule in East Moline

Brandon Maddox — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:28:01 +0000

When the City of East Moline sought to achieve home rule, the REALTORS® recognized that the new status would likely lead to higher taxes. Armed with the results of focus group research, they devised a persuasive campaign that fended off the threat, defeating the ballot measure by 68%.

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Nevada REALTORS® Campaign to Defeat Statewide Rent Control Legislation

Brandon Maddox — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:51:11 +0000

When rent control legislation was introduced in the state of Nevada, the REALTORS® opposed it with help from an Issues Mobilization Grant that supported a comprehensive ‘Truth About Rent Control’ campaign. The videos, website, editorials, and advertising dispelled the narrative of ‘the greedy landlord,’ and re-framed public understanding of the state’s majority mom-and-pop rental industry.

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With Support from an Issues Mobilization Grant, Edmond Board of REALTORS® Defeats Three Ballot Initiatives Threatening Higher Property Taxes

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:41:18 +0000

The City of Edmond, Oklahoma, just north of Oklahoma City, is already one of the state’s most costly areas to own a home. A new General Obligation (GO) Bond on the ballot would have made it even more expensive to own, rent, or buy there, so the Edmond Board of REALTORS® launched a campaign to urge voters not to pass it. “No on the GO” did the trick.

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North Bay Association of REALTORS® Defeats Real Property Transfer Tax

Brandon Maddox — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:33:58 +0000

When the City of St. Helena, California was facing budget challenges last June, the City Council attempted to ‘solve’ its shortfall by increasing the real property transfer tax. In response, the North Bay Association of REALTORS® launched an energetic campaign to convince the voters to decline the tax increase, as well as a problematic transition to charter city status.

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Wyoming REALTORS® Support Passage of Legislation to Create Separate Residential Property Tax Tier

Brandon Maddox — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:50:13 +0000

Property values in Wyoming have skyrocketed in the past several years, taking residential property taxes right along with them. With help from an Issues Mobilization grant from the REALTOR® Party, Wyoming REALTORS® launched a campaign in support of adding a fourth tier to the state’s property classifications, separating residential properties from commercial and agriculture, and enabling the legislature to set or cap tax rates accordingly.

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Campaign by Greater Boston Real Estate Board Educates Public About Realities of Rent Control and Convinces Medford City Council to Reconsider

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:42:13 +0000

With support from an Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party, the Greater Boston Real Estate Board faced down a proposed rent control measure in the City of Medford with the power of information: a multi-faceted campaign showing the voting public – and the City Council – that the city hadn’t maximized the tools already at its disposal to increase affordable housing.

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Coalition Led by Missouri REALTORS® Achieves Major Legislative Goal: Statewide Authorization of Land Banks to Minimize Blight, Increase Homeownership

Brandon Maddox — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:50:07 +0000

With help from Issues Mobilization and Consumer Advocacy Outreach Grants from the REALTOR® Party, Missouri’s state REALTOR® association spearheaded land bank legislation that will provide localities with tools to address vacancy challenges.

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Oregon REALTORS® Conduct ‘People for an Affordable Oregon’ Campaign in Support of Key Housing Legislation

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:35:16 +0000

With insights gained from REALTOR® Party polling, Oregon REALTORS® launched an Issues Mobilization campaign to persuade legislators to approve critical legislation addressing the state’s ongoing housing and homelessness crises. The resulting passage of SB 1537 brings important land use and permitting reforms to the housing production process.

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