Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Your Realtor® advocacy team works tirelessly to protect the real estate industry. Although not an exhaustive list, check out recent victories that Realtors® can be proud of, including legislative, executive, and judiciary branch wins.  

Affordable Housing - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Affordable Housing Programs:

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Rural Housing

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds:

Agency Confirmations - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

FHA Commissioner

FHA Director

Anti-Money Laundering - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Beneficial Ownership Rule

FinCEN Funding

Commercial Real Estate - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Adaptive Reuse Bills

EB-5 Regional Center Program:

Energy Efficiency - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

New Energy Efficiency Tax Credit and Rebate Programs for Property Owners

Fair Housing - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Increased Funding

Federal Tax - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Inflation Reduction Act

Flood Insurance - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Disaster mitigation and flood mapping

National Flood Insurance Program

Housing Finance and Assistance - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Homeless Assistance Program

Housing Counseling

LIBOR Transition

Rental Housing - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

CARES Act Notice-to-Vacate Requirement:

Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)

Rental Assistance Funding

Violence Against Women Act

Small Business - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

SBA Programs

State and Local - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Rent Control

Student Loan Debt - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Fixes to Existing Programs

Relief for Borrowers at Fraudulent For-Profit Institutions

Technology - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Broadband Funding

SECURE Notarization Act

Transportation and Infrastructure - Realtor® Advocacy Wins

Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework Funding

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Government Affairs Blog

FIVE FOR FRIDAY: A Weekly Roundup of Public Policy News

Mar 21, 2025, 11:39 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. Executive order targeting CDFI Fund looms over D.C.-area community lenders 2. Interior, HUD to offer federal lands to build affordable housing 3. Construction costs are an X-factor in real estate. Tariffs are entering the equation. 4. How Trump is providing an unexpected boost to the housing market 5. Youngkin kicks off bill signings with economic development. 

 

By ANA LUCIA MURILLO, Washington Business Journal 

A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims to slash the activities of the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, a government corporation that spurs investment in low-income communities that have historically been excluded from traditional financial systems. 

 

By HEATHER RICHARDS, E&E News 

The Interior Department will work with the Department of Housing and Urban Department on determining which federal land can be tapped for affordable housing, the agencies’ two leaders said over the weekend. In an op-ed that ran Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and HUD Secretary Scott Turner said the nation’s vast public lands should be part of solving the nation’s housing crisis. 

 

By ASHLEY FAHEY, Washington Business Journal  

Anticipation of price hikes because of newly imposed tariffs has already resulted in cost increases for materials commonly used in construction. 

 

By SAM SUTTON and KATY O’DONNELL, Politico 

Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have been sliding below 7 percent over the last several weeks, a reflection of plunging economic sentiment that’s roiled Wall Street and scrambled investment plans. Applications for new mortgages shot up by more than 11 percent during the first week of March — a 31 percent improvement over the same period last year and just in time for the housing market’s spring buying season. Refinancings have surged from historic lows as homeowners capitalize on lower borrowing costs. 

 

By JAHD KHALIL, VPM  

Gov. Glenn Youngkin began rolling out his actions on this year’s statehouse legislation with signatures on economic development bills, combining the announcement with messaging aimed at those concerned with threats to jobs posed by changes by the federal government. ... Youngkin said he signed 180 bills including legislation that would provide funding for a semiconductor project in Manassas, a battery separator company in Danville and legislation that broadens the availability of economic development funding.