NAR RECOMMENDS FAIR HOUSING LAW CHANGES

                     REALTORS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION IN ORLANDO!


I am so honored to have served as 2016 Chair of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Diversity Committee.

Thank you 2016 President Tom Salomone for the opportunity to serve on your team!!!   You are a true and inspirational leader and you know how to bring out the best from all of your fellow Realtors and others.

Our meeting in Orlando, FL was very productive!

However, this meeting was totally different for so many of our fellow Realtors and others who will benefit from the work done in Orlando, FL.  Our 2016 Diversity Committee with so much help from our Multicultural Advisory Committee wanted to correct some long overdue protection for the LGBT and other communities who have been harmed for far too many years.

Our NAR Staff Executive Frederick Dexter Underwood provided skilled leadership to our committee. We were also truly Blessed to have Linda Rheinberger, a very supportive Committee Liaison and our very able Vice Chair Genie Birch.  Genie will be the 2017 Diversity Committee Chair with Tim Hur, Vice Chair and Wendell Bullard as the 2017 Committee Liaison.

These dedicated Realtors chose the Recommendation below and gave me the honor of presenting the committee's Recommendation to our 2016 NAR Board of Directors for approval.

" That NAR support legislative and regulatory efforts in support of equal housing opportunity on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity" was the 2016 NAR Diversity Committee original motion.  We presented the above Recommendation to the NAR Executive Committee the day before the Board of Directors meeting.  Our Recommendation was amended to include  "and/or initiate"  by the Executive Committee and both the original motion and amendment were approved unanimously by the Board of Directors on Monday, November 7, 2016.

Fellow Realtors we made history in Orlando!