REALTORS®
in the Community
Working to strengthen community
bonds.
In small towns and large cities across
the globe, REALTORS® help shape and promote community
values, giving their time and effort to noble
causes. Here are a few examples:
Habitat for
Humanity.
Many REALTORS® give their time
and muscle to help raise money and construct Habitat
for Humanity homes across Illinois and nationwide. Volunteer
groups from Illinois take part in the REALTOR®-Habitat
Partnership program, organized by the National
Association of REALTORS®.
REALTORS® Relief Fund
REALTORS® from Illinois and
across the nation have donated money to the Relief
Fund victims of natural disasters and other important causes.
Good Neighbors
Each year the National
Association of REALTORS® awards monetary grants to 10
causes supported by individual REALTORS® around the
country. In 2006, Illinois REALTOR® Carol Sharp won
the Good Neighbor Award from a field of 350
applicants for her tireless work at the Staunton,
Illinois, Food Pantry. In 2007, Illinois REALTOR®
Virginia Ferry of Joliet received an award for her
36-year service to the MorningStar Mission
Ministries homeless shelter.
Partnership for
HomeOwnership
The Illinois Association of
REALTORS® nonprofit foundation the Partnership for HomeOwnership (PFHO) has helped more than 2,700
families achieve the dream of homeownership since it
was created in 1996. The program provides
face-to-face homebuyer education and financial
counseling as part of its low-interest rate mortgage
programs available for rural Illinois, Quincy area
and the Home Power Mortgage Assistance Program in
select Cook County neighborhoods.
www.pfho.org
NAR Housing Opportunity Program
NAR's Housing Opportunity Program serves as the
blueprint for REALTORS® to become leaders in
identifying, developing, advocating and promoting
business opportunities, programs, products and
resources that expand housing availability.
Diversity
REALTORS fully support the practice of equal
opportunity in fair housing. It is the REALTOR®
pledge in our strict Code of Ethics to uphold
the spirit as well as the letter of the law,
through programs, activities and training
designed to promote and further the right of
equal opportunity in housing for all. An
Illinois Association of REALTORS® site,
www.thehousingsite.org, supports fair
housing in Illinois. |
