Advocacy
NDAR is committed to the protection and preservation of the Constitutional right of every individual to acquire, occupy, use and dispose of real property as he or she chooses within the law.
Previous Legislative Sessions
NAR Policy Advocacy: 2024-2025 Wins
- Protecting Veteran Home Loan Benefits – NAR successfully fought to protect veterans’
ability to have a REALTOR® assist them in purchasing a home through the VA Home
Loan Benefit….This legislation requires the VA to develop a permanent strategy to ensure
veterans aren’t disadvantaged when seeking real estate representation, addressing the
longstanding issue that made VA loan users the only homebuyers banned from directly
paying their agents. - Housing Supply Frameworks Act – Directs HUD to develop best practice frameworks
for zoning and land-use policies, helping communities identify and overcome barriers
to housing development. - Housing Affordability Act – Allows HUD to adjust FHA loan limits for apartment
buildings to better reflect actual construction costs.
Read the full wins document here, or visit advocacyimpact.realtor to learn more.
Statewide Advocacy Successes
- Passage of legislation to allow earnest money disputes to be heard by small claims court in county where property is located or where agreed to by both parties (2015)
- Passage of ballot measure prohibiting real estate transfer taxes (2014)
- Failure of Measure 2 – prohibiting levying of property taxes (2012)
- Failure of High Fence Hunting Legislation (2010)
Local Advocacy Successes
- Fargo – 1/2 cent sales tax to provide permanent flood protection (2009)
- Dickinson – Destiny Dickinson (2008)
- Bismarck – Bismarck Mandan Chamber and other entitles for Information sessions on growth of the Bismarck Mandan community (2005)
- Fargo, Minot, and Grand Forks – Retention of Military Bases In the State (2005)
- Minot – A Vote Yes for an Extension of $.01 sales tax (2004)
- Fargo and Grand Forks – FEMA flood insurance study (2001)