Housing Opportunity Resources for Associations

Guides, Publications, and Information

• Homelessness Resources
  A collection of resources and information to assist associations with their efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness.
• Ambassadors for Cites: Affordable City Living 
  A PDF publication featuring examples of public/private partnerships between REALTORS® and cities.
• Employer-Assisted Housing Initiative Guide for State & Local REALTOR® Associations
  The Guide provides a roadmap for your association to plan and implement an EAH initiative to help increase affordable housing opportunities for working families in your community.
• Establishing a Charitable Foundation
  A field guide providing information on tax and legal issues related to foundations, fundraising ideas, useful websites and more.
• Inclusionary Zoning 
  A field guide providing background information on inclusionary zoning, case studies, considerations in developing inclusionary zoning, and more.
• Making Affordable Housing Work: The Housing Opportunity Toolkit 
  A collection of resources and information for both individual REALTORS® and REALTOR® associations.
• Power of Partnership 
  Chambers of commerce and REALTORS® groups join together at the regional level to promote workforce housing solutions in this PDF.
• Tackling Workforce Housing State by State
  The Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grants were designed to support REALTORS®’ efforts to address workforce housing issues state by state. This report provides an analysis of the programs and is a great resource for associations interested in developing their own program.
• Workforce Housing Forum Guide
  The Workforce Housing Forum Guide: A Strategy for Outreach and Advocacy outlines how to plan and conduct a workforce housing forum to identify and develop strategies to address a community’s workforce housing needs.

Research and Surveys

• Housing Pulse Surveys 
  The Housing Pulse Survey is a telephone survey of between 1000 to 2000 adults, nationwide is designed to assist NAR in gaining information on consumers’ attitudes and concerns about housing opportunities. 
• Public Policy Research Reports 
  A collection of public policy research from across the country.