Legislative Updates
Clean Water Act (Environment)
- 03-30-2023 Senate Passes WOTUS CRA Resolution
- 03-10-2023 House Blocks Biden WOTUS Rule
Credit and Mortgage Scoring (Conventional Residential Lending)
- 09-10-2024 NAR Thanks Senator Ossoff for the Introduction of the Access to Homeownership Act
Electronic Signatures and Authorizations (Technologies)
- 02-28-2023 House Passes Remote Online Notarization Legislation
FHLB Affordable Housing Programs (Conventional Residential Lending)
- 06-24-2024 Treasury Department Announces New Proposals to Aid Housing Affordability and Availability
Fair Housing Protections Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Fair Housing)
- 07-08-2024 NAR Thanks Senator Tim Kaine for Reintroducing “The Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2024"
Health Insurance Reform (Insurance)
- 06-23-2023 House Passes Association Health Plan Bill
- 06-07-2023 House Committee advances Association Health Plan Bill
Housing Supply (Business)
- 10-27-2023 White House Announcement on Commercial Conversions
Realtor Insider DC News and Events (Realtor Insider DC News and Events)
- 09-27-2024 Congress Avoids Government Shutdown
- 03-12-2024 Congress Partially Funds Government through September
- 02-27-2024 Congress Nears First Shutdown Deadline
- 09-28-2023 Resources for a Government Shutdown
- 07-21-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of July 24
- 07-14-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of July 17
- 07-10-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of July 10
- 06-16-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of June 19
- 06-12-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of June 12
- 06-02-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of June 5
- 06-02-2023 Congress Passes Debt Ceiling Bill
- 05-26-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of May 29
- 05-19-2023 Upcoming Legislative Activity Important to Real Estate, Week of May 22
Rental Housing Issues (Housing)
- 07-23-2024 NAR Opposes Rent Cap Proposal
- 07-16-2024 President Announces Rent Cap Proposal
- 02-29-2024 White House Announcement on Housing
State and Local Tax Deductions (Federal Tax)
- 02-02-2024 House Takes Up Tax Bills
State-Legalized Cannabis Businesses (Commercial)
- 09-28-2023 Senate Committee Approves SAFE Banking Act
Valuation Issues Update (Valuation)
- 01-20-2023 NAR Makes Recommendations on VA Appraisal Modernization
Worker Classification (independent contractor v. employee) (Business)
- 09-19-2023 NAR Supports New Legislation Protecting Independent Contractor Status