REALTOR® & Consumer Advocacy

FCBR’s REALTOR & Consumer Advocacy Department helps to ensure the success of our members via the 4 “I’s”- Involvement, Investment, Information, & Influence. Our Advocacy efforts are predicated on meaningful Community Involvement, Investment in key organizations, trustworthy local real estate Information, and effective Influence on local public policy.

Key committees/task forces of this department include Government Affairs, REALTOR® Political Action Committee, Community Outreach, CARHOF, Linda Norton Good Neighbor Scholarship Fund, Public Relations, & Monthly Market Information.

To learn more about this department and its related activities please contact Department Director Clint Skutchan at 402-0852 or clint@fcbr.org.

REALTOR & CONSUMER ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT INFO

RPAC Monthly Drawing: Wells Fargo offers $100 D.B.A. Card

Have YOU invested in our Housing Future Yet? Well what are you waiting for.. each month that passes means you are missing out on our fabulous iPad+ RPAC Campaign's Monthly Drawing!

Thanks to FCBR's amazing Affiliate members we will be adding a monthly prize drawing to our RPAC iPad+ Campaign. Each month one FCBR Affiliate member will offer up a prize of at least a $100 value that will be drawn on the final Tuesday of each month.To learn more about all of our Affiliate Partners and upcoming drawings visit www.fcbr.org/RPACMonthly.

May's RPAC Drawing of the month is courtesy of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Time to for you or your clients could enjoy all that Old Town has to offer with a $100 Downtown Business Association Card.

Just like our end of year iPad+ Campaign, FCBR members will receive one entry for every $25 invested in RPAC during our current RPAC fundraising year that runs from *Oct. 1st through Sept. 30th but members can also increase your odds of winning by investing early. In fact members who give with their annual dues will not only be eligible for 12 drawings we will double the number entries for those investments.

Announcements of winners will take place on the final Friday of each month via our website, News For You, and social media.

Invest Now for your chance to win:

Click here to Contribute Online to RPAC
Contact FCBR at 223-2900 to make a contribution over the phone
Make a check out to RPAC and send to FCBR offices located at 110 West Harvard St., Fort Collins, Co 80525

Many thanks to the Affiliate Advisory Council and our RPAC iPad+ Drawing Sponsors!

If you are interested in becoming a RPAC Drawing Affiliate partner please contact us at 223-2900 or clint@fcbr.org for more info.

*Limit one monthly drawing win per RPAC fundraising year (Oct.1-Sept.30). Monthly winners will still be eligible for all end of campaign drawings including the iPad Mini.

Do You Subscribe to NAR's Washington Report? You Should!

Each Monday, NAR provides members across the country the most recent goings on in Washington. While politics doesn’t appeal to everyone, what happens in D.C. can have a great impact on REALTOR® and our affiliate members. Here is this week’s report, and at the top of the mast head is a place for you to subscribe to your very own Report!

Handy Tools Shows Impact of 101 on Larimer County

Eastside/Westside Neighborhood Proposed Recommendations

City staff has unveiled their proposals, for now, to address the 'problem' of neighborhood compatibility in these Old Town areas. Does Old Town Need to Be Saved From Itself? Five primary components will be presented to City Council for an up or down vote.

NAR President Participates in Obama Administration Conference on the Future of Housing Finance

NAR President Vicki Cox Golder participated in a HUD-Treasury Conference on the Future of Housing Finance held on September 27, 2010, in Cleveland, as a member of the panel titled "Housing Finance Reform and Broader Housing Policy Goals." She emphasized that "Homeownership Matters" and that there needs to be a government role in housing finance to assure that mortgages are available in all types of markets. She also strongly defended the 30 year fixed rate mortgage and the mortgage interest deduction.

Green Building Code Update

The Green Building Residential Technical Advisory Committee (R-TAC) has been meeting since last March. Lara Williams and James Mitchell also serve on this committee, and Todd Gilchrist is a member of the community-wide Citizen's Advisory Committee. The focus of our meetings has been to discuss what a green building code might look like, and how it could be implemented into the rest of the International Building Codes.

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