2019 BizFed Poll: L.A. County Businesses Gloomy over Future Outlook
June 24, 2019
Following a trend from last year, business owners and leaders throughout Los Angeles County have major concerns about the future, especially about homelessness, housing affordability ... read more
Community Organizations Hosted the Housing Forum, a Conference on the Housing Crisis
June 11, 2019
The South Bay Cities Council of Governments and SBAOR co-hosted last month in Torrance the Housing Forum, a half-day conference digging into tough and controversial questions about the housing crisis, housing availability, housing affordability, and what to do about it. ... read more
ALERT! Tell Sacramento to Vote NO on Restrictive Rent Caps and Just Cause Evictions
May 28, 2019
Two bills in Sacramento discourage the production of rental housing. We need more housing in California, not less! ... read more
ALERT! Tell Sacramento to fix Section 8 without hurting housing providers
May 21, 2019
Urge Your Senator to Oppose Bill that Forces Landlords to Participate in Section 8! C.A.R. OPPOSES SB 329 (Mitchell) because it effectively forces ALL residential ... read more
County Supervisors extend rent control, add new mandates without working with housing providers
April 15, 2019
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last week extended a temporary rent control ordinance for unincorporated county. Without any collaboration or consultation with housing ... read more
Redondo Beach city officials meet local REALTORS® in packed forum
March 15, 2019
In the latest installment of SBAOR's popular series, "Breakfast with the Mayor", REALTORS® in the Beach Cities got a rare opportunity to meet not one ... read more
REALTORS® meet L.A. City Councilmember Joe Buscaino
February 14, 2019
SBAOR kicked off its calendar of special events in 2019 with the Luncheon with Councilmember Joe Buscaino. Part of SBAOR's popular series of breakfasts and ... read more
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NAR Advocacy News
- Monday Minute: Week of May 25, 2020 May 22, 2020Both the House and the Senate are in session this week. What issues should REALTORS® follow? The House is expected to vote on the Roy/Phillips, H.R.6886 - Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act. NAR is submitting a letter. The House is only in session May 27 & 28.
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: An Introduction, Update and Solution May 21, 2020Download these presentation slides for an introduction to the history of the GSEs, their current situation, and an update on housing finance reform.
- NAR Applauds FHFA Action Attempting to Assure Access to Affordable Credit May 19, 2020Assurances that homebuyers can access credit and capitalize on record-low mortgage rates remain critical to America’s economic recovery.