Municipal Issues

Leadership and powerful partnerships drive our local political program. Two Government Affairs Committees distill and focus our efforts on issues important to REALTORS^® and their clients.  REALTORS^® bring real world experience and the perspective of buyers and sellers to the attention of village officials. Sharpening the debate and transforming the dialogue to the benefits and dangers to the American Dream is our mission. We see a world in which everyone may freely own, buy, and sell a home with dignity, efficiency, and pride.
 
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What we are working on right now
 
Tell your clients about these successes and how Realtors defended their interest

• American Dream has a Lower Roof in Downers Grove-July 2006
• Aurora No Tax Due Transfer Stamp - September 2006
• Bellwood Sign Codes - June 2006
• Candidate Interviews - April 2006
• Chicago Heights Ordinance - September 2009
• Deed Providers - Summer 2006
• Do Not Call - 2005 to Now
• DuPage County Road Impact Fees - September 2005
• Home Rule - 2005 to Now
• New Lenox Vacant Building Ordinance - November 2009
• Northlake Revises Sign Codes - 2005
• Not Just Politics- 2004
• Oswego Market Update - 2005
• Oswego Parkway Signs - 2005
• REALTORS^® Fight for Reasonable Health Care - May 2006
• REALTORS^® Fight Illegal Transfer Tax - April 2005
• REALTOR^® Recommendations on Affordable Housing - 2004
• REALTORS^® Win Sign Fight in Berkeley - 2005
• Riverdale Ordinance - December 2009
• Special Service Area Taxes - July 2006