The Northern Virginia Congressional delegation took the stage at the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® (NVAR) as an annual tradition returned to NVAR last week.

The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® (NVAR) has partnered with Fairfax County to bring an innovative community garden project to Southern Fairfax County. The garden will be used to teach small-scale sustainable gardening skills to families throughout the surrounding neighborhoods.

1. NAR Response to PAVE Action Plan 2. NAR to SCOTUS: Protect Consumers From Onerous Lawsuits 3. Coalition Of Chambers, Trade Groups, Government Agencies Says Gas Tax Holiday Would Hurt Virginia 4. Metro releases 10-year strategic plan for development 5. Housing Symposium Snippet: Getting to Homeownership is Major Step in Building Wealth

1. Biden Budget Targets Housing Supply 2. Deadline to Submit Legislative Ideas 3. Connolly secures money for county projects 4. Metrorail Silver Line Phase 2 delay looms as legislators, leaders seek answers 5. Virginia is cracking back down on noisy cars

​The NVAR Public Policy Committee needs to hear from members as we develop the Local and State Legislative Program and Agenda for 2022-2023. How can NVAR advocate for you and your home buyers and sellers? Submit state or local legislative ideas to jveverka@nvar.com by Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

1. NAR Releases Statement After White House Unveils Action Plan to Address Appraisal Bias 2. Our 2022 Legislative Agenda Passed… Now What? 3. Gas tax holiday could hamper Northern Virginia transit agencies 4. Enforcement and Mitigation Options Adopted to Control Running Bamboo In Fairfax County 5. Affordable Housing Goal Doubled By Fairfax County Supervisors

The new "From the Ground Up" report enables members to be informed on upcoming projects throughout the NVAR footprint. Information will include, but is not limited to: proposed residential and commercial development projects in the news, rezoning applications and site plan amendments coming before local government, affordable housing project news, announcements of new businesses locating in the region and other economic development news.