NAR: Housing Equality, Commercial Recovery Are Top Priorities
National real estate leaders are urging Congress to consider reforms to ease lending restrictions for commercial properties, as well prioritizing support for commercial members who have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19.
CHICAGO – With racial equity at the forefront of American consciousness, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) will focus the bulk of its policy priorities this year on improving equal access to housing, association leaders said earlier this week during NAR 360, a Facebook Live event that was the unofficial kickoff of the virtual 2021 Realtors® Legislative Meetings, set for May 3-14, 2021.
Earlier this year, NAR put its efforts into securing favorable real estate provisions in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, a new round of COVID-19 relief legislation. Now the association is turning its attention to closing the widening racial homeownership gap and broadening fair housing protecti
Peter Garrett: An Earth Day gift for your family
By Peter Garrett
A solution to the Climate Crisis that pays families? What an Earth Day gift that would be!
Am I kidding? No. The idea is out there in Congress. It would price carbon fuels at their source and throughout the economy, based upon their emissions. That would, of course, raise prices at the pump or store. But all the money raised from the coal oil and gas producers would return to the economy with “CarbonCashback” dividends going to every household.
That plan originated with President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, George Shultz. It is built into the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act in the current Congress. It would cut emissions 30% in five years, and reduce America’s carbon pollution to net-zero by 2050.
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NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is taking steps to more effectively assess the flood risk that homeowners face. The agency s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) recently released new flood insurance rating procedures that are meant to equitably distribute the cost of insurance for potential flood damage based on the risk a property faces.
A new ValuePenguin.com analysis of FEMA s Risk Rating 2.0 the new methodology that goes into effect on October 1st found that more than 3.8 million homeowners will see rates increase, but 1.2 million homeowners will actually see their flood insurance premiums decrease.
With Hurricane Season on the horizon, now is the time to make sure your insurance is in order
- Brightway Insurance, one of the country s largest Personal Lines insurance agencies, says now is the time to make sure you have the coverage you need. -
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated averages for the Atlantic hurricane season, using 1991-2020 as the new 30-year period on which to base storm averages. While the average number of major hurricanes remained at three, averages for named storms and hurricanes went up.
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