Published June 04. 2021 12:01AM
The National Association of Realtors® announced today a new partnership with the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. The Alliance was founded June 2020 and currently has chapters throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The collaboration will allow the groups to identify training opportunities that cultivate LGBTQ+ leaders and mobilize members in support of mutually beneficial federal policies, among other pro-LGBTQ+ and real estate industry initiatives. NAR has long championed LGBTQ+ rights in the housing market, and we re proud to continue leading today s industry in the fight against discrimination, said NAR President Charlie Oppler. As the nation recognizes Pride Month this June, we re excited to announce this partnership with The Alliance and begin our work toward initiatives that will provide tremendous benefits to American real estate and our society as a whole.
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The National Association of Realtors‘ board of directors held their biannual meeting Friday on the last day of the trade group’s midyear conference, the Realtors Legislative Meetings, electing a new leader, approving a budget, passing new core standards requirements for local Realtor associations and expanding who needs to have a social media audit among NAR leaders.
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On the leadership ladder
NAR’s board, which has some 800 members, elected Tracy Kasper, broker-owner of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Silverhawk in Idaho, as NAR’s 2022 First Vice President, putting her on the ladder to serve as the trade group’s president in 2024. She beat Mike McGrew, CEO of McGrew Real Estate in Kansas and former NAR treasurer, in a close vote: 438-422.
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