About Realtor® Advocacy

About Realtor® Advocacy

Your Realtor® advocacy team ensures that our members’ voices are heard as decisions are made about the laws and regulations that shape our industry.

Through NVRPAC, NVAR is able to advocate on the local level, ensuring that the interests of Northern Virginia Realtors® are known to lawmakers and representatives and that the magnitude of Realtor® impact on Northern Virginia's economy and communities is recognized. NVAR collaborates with Virginia REALTORS® to advocate in Richmond, along with the National Association of REALTORS®, located steps away from the United States Capitol.  

Together, we also advocate on behalf of the consumers — representing the interests of homebuyers, sellers, and renters, and the commercial tenants who are directly impacted by changes in things like affordability, taxation, and ordinances. 

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Watch this video for a recap of the 2024 Realtor® Lobby Day in Richmond, VA!

About NVRPAC

RPAC

The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) has promoted the election of pro-Realtor® candidates across the United States since 1969. The purpose of RPAC is clear: voluntary contributions made by Realtors® are used to help elect candidates who understand and support their interests.

These are not members’ dues; this is money given freely by Realtors® in recognition of the importance of the political process. The REALTORS® Political Action Committee and other political fundraising are the keys to protecting and promoting the real estate industry. 

NVRPAC results in meaningful local Realtor® advocacy wins such as the passing of Virginia Realtors® Health Insurance Legislation, Federal Homeowner and Rental Assistance Funding, and more.

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Latest Advocacy News: Town Hall Notes Blog

FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A Weekly Roundup of Public Policy News

Mar 14, 2025, 10:49 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: 1. HUD Reportedly Considering Office Closures Across Multiple States 2. Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings 3. Ranked-choice voting not likely in Falls Church until at least 2027 4. Fairfax County board cautious on conversion of industrial land to housing 5. Massive Robinson Terminal North project heading to Alexandria Planning Commission. 

 

By AARON MARCH, National Mortgage Professional 

Plans to downsize the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could leave some 34 states without local HUD staff to underwrite mortgages, as originally reported by Bloomberg, and Democrats in Congress are decrying the apparently impending office closures and workforce cuts to the agency. 

 

By The Associated Press 

The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. 

 

By SCOTT MCCAFFREY, ArlNow  

Falls Church officials appear willing to hold off, for now, on moving City Council elections to a ranked-choice format. “It might be better to wait,” city elections director David Bjerke said at a Monday Falls Church Electoral Board meeting. The city’s current election hardware is slated to be replaced in 2027 after 10 years in service. Bjerke told Electoral Board members that the City Council members he has spoken with are willing to wait until the new equipment arrives before changing election formats. 

 

By SCOTT MCCAFFREY, FFXnow 

Land currently zoned for industrial use across Fairfax County could be converted to residential zoning in an effort to bring more housing stock to the county. As part of a larger “Plan Forward” initiative started in 2022, Department of Planning and Development (DPD) staff have proposed amending the county’s comprehensive plan to allow more flexibility for industrial land to turn into residential development, while also retaining some designated industrial areas. 

 

By JAMES CULLUM 

The latest site plan for one of the last undeveloped areas of the Alexandria waterfront—Robinson Terminal North—envisions restaurants, retail, apartments, expanded open space, and even a hotel. The Planning Commission will review a development special use permit (DSUP) proposal and site plan for the former industrial site in Old Town North on May 6 (Tuesday).