Excellent article about the NAR's efforts to promote the many benefits of homeownership. If you're a homeowner or ever hope to be one, let your elected officials know your stand. Find your representatives here by using your street address. http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/

Loud and Clear: Homeownership Is Vital in America

Posted By susanne On October 12, 2011 @ 3:56 pm In Consumer News and Advice,Real Estate Information,Real Estate News,Real Estate Trends,Today's Marketplace,Today's Top Story

As America deals with mounting debt and a shaky economic recovery, it’s more important than ever to stand up in your community and the nation’s capital for sustainable, affordable homeownership. That’s why earlier this year, the leadership team at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) began a multi-city bus tour to promote the benefits of homeownership as part of its Homeownership Matters campaign. As policymakers consider changes to federal government programs and incentives that could dramatically change the nature of homeownership, the bus tour is engaging the American people directly about these important issues.

“NAR is doing all it can to help protect the American Dream of homeownership,” says Pamela Geurds Kabati, NAR’s Vice President of Public Affairs and Consumer Media. “The bus tour provides an opportunity for NAR leaders to connect directly with REALTORS®, consumers, local officials and the media about what’s at stake. Some policymakers and members of the media have suggested that America may be better off as a nation of renters, but through the Homeownership Matters campaign and bus tour, NAR and its members are sending a loud and clear message: homeownership is vital to the American social fabric.”

More at: http://rismedia.com/2011-10-12/loud-and-clear-homeownership-is-vital-in-america/