utah

Keeping Legislative Attention Focused on Housing, Utah REALTORS® Achieve Passage of Priority Bills

Brandon Maddox — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:34:42 +0000

In a push to realize an ambitious raft of housing policy, Utah REALTORS® launched a campaign called Getting Homeownership in Utah Back on Track. The effort was a success: all its priority bills passed, the legislature authorized an additional $20 million in funding for first-time homebuyers, and an innovative partnership was formed to develop affordable housing on excess state land. An Issues Mobilization grant from the REALTOR® Party helped make it happen.

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Iron County Board of REALTORS® (Utah) Offers Online Water Rights CE Course, Extending the Reach of Critical Information

Brandon Maddox — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:34:58 +0000

In Utah, as in many western states, water rights are highly complex, and conducting transactions without a complete awareness of their ins-and-outs is highly risky, both for agents and their clients. Last year, the Iron County Board of REALTORS® used a Rural Outreach Grant to offer a three-hour course online, providing REALTORS® and affiliates throughout the state with manuals, forms, and three continuing education credits at no cost.

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Utah Association of REALTORS® Conducts Compelling Social Media Campaign in Support of Major Legislation Boosting New Housing

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:35:34 +0000

For five years, the Utah Association of REALTORS® has been working with the governor’s office and the state legislature to engineer solutions to the state’s dire shortage of affordable housing. The recent session saw the creation of some game-changing approaches to funding, among other advances and reforms, which the state REALTORS® supported with their first big social media buy. An Issues Mobilization Grant helped make it possible.

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Salt Lake REALTORS® Work with City to Implement Innovative Affordable Housing Incentives

Brandon Maddox — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:06:49 +0000

Using a Smart Growth Grant from the REALTOR® Party, the District of Columbia Association of REALTORS® convened a panel of experts to present facts, figures, examples, and answers regarding the process of developing accessory dwelling units, now permitted in much of the nation’s capital.

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Utah Association of REALTORS® Back Bill to Simplify Permitting for Accessory Dwelling Units Throughout the State

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 17 May 2021 17:10:45 +0000

Utah’s REALTORS® understood that Accessory Dwelling Units could go a long way toward easing the state’s growing housing crunch. With an Issues Mobilization Grant from the REALTOR® Party, they launched a campaign to educate the public – and pressure the legislature to pass a bill making the permitting process much easier.

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Utah Association of REALTORS® Back Bill to Simplify Permitting for Accessory Dwelling Units Throughout the State

Brandon Maddox — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:49:46 +0000

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Utah REALTORS® School Lawmakers on Best Practices for Education Funding

racenter — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:36:14 +0000

With support from an Issues Mobilization Grant, the Utah Association of REALTORS® was able to convince state lawmakers that impact fees imposed on new development were not a rational source of funding for local schools – and would actually exacerbate the affordable housing crisis. Sustainable growth, the REALTORS® argue, will come from smart regional planning.

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Utah REALTORS® Think Ahead to Prevent Affordable Housing Shortage

racenter — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:31:27 +0000

The population of Utah is expected to double – yes, double – by the year 2040, and the state is already feeling a housing crunch. With the help of Utah REALTORS® and the support of Issues Mobilization Grants, Utah has found a way to incentivize solutions to its growing shortage rather than strong-arming municipalities with mandates.

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Third Times a Charm for REALTOR® Champion and Salt Lake Board

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

The REALTOR® Party celebrates Independent Expenditure (IE) Program milestone, supporting Chris McCandless, proud Utahan, member of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS® (SLBR) and a tireless public servant. When seeking re-election to the Sandy City Council it was a no brainer for SLBR to apply for and receive the 1,000th IE to help ensure re-election to a third term in office.

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Salt Lake Board Works With Transit Authority to Get Cars Off the Road and People onto Public Transit

Brandon Maddox — Mon, 04 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Air quality is a big concern in the Wasatch Front region of north-central Utah, and the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS® took steps to help clear the air. The 6,700-member board used a Game Changer Grant and funds of their own to sponsor the Utah Transit Authority’s RideClear Program, which helped to get more than 14,000 cars off the road and 25,000 people onto public transportation

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