{"id":16059,"date":"2021-05-12T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=16059"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:15:04","slug":"nar-supports-economic-inclusion-for-equal-housing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/board-associations\/nar-supports-economic-inclusion-for-equal-housing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR supports economic inclusion for equal housing opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of Realtors\u00ae is working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Equality of Opportunity that addresses accessibility to housing based on economic inclusion. NAR CEO Bob Goldberg said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that building a better future in America begins with equal access to housing and opportunity. With ongoing residential segregation contributing to many problems in our society, NAR recognizes that this nation cannot achieve true economic equality without first achieving true equality in housing. Our commitment to this cause and to Fair Housing has only strengthened in response to recent tragedies in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is economic inclusion?<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/economicinclusion.gov\/whatis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FDIC<\/a>, economic inclusion describes the efforts to bring underserved communities into the financial mainstream. This could include things like making sure consumers have access to bank accounts and financial services; protections against discriminatory lending practices; and other types of consumer protections. Although the FDIC\u2019s efforts seem to focus on unbanked and underbanked consumers, economic inclusion reaches around to all financial transactions, including housing.<\/p>\n<p>Research from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/opportunity-for-growth-how-reducing-barriers-to-economic-inclusion-can-benefit-workers-firms-and-local-economies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brookings Institution<\/a> cites barriers to economic inclusion as slowing economic growth in local communities. Giving underserved communities access to financial products and opportunities actually spurs the local economy. The government bears the weight of services for the underserved. For example, childhood poverty costs the U.S. economy about 4% of the GDP annually. Nationwide, that is about $500 billion a year. Economic inclusion gives people a way out. It\u2019s not a hand-out, but education and opportunities to change the future.<\/p>\n<p>The NAR is making real change for the underserved<\/p>\n<p>Last week, it was announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/board-associations\/nar-introduces-meaningful-tools-and-training-to-stop-implicit-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAR introduced tools that would reduce implicit bias<\/a>. Goldberg said, \u201cNAR has spent recent years reexamining how our 1.4 million members can best lead the fight against discrimination, bigotry, and injustice.\u201d The NAR isn\u2019t just talking about it. They\u2019re putting their money behind inclusion, and preventing unfair housing practices. These kind of changes matter for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS) The NAR is pushing to insure anyone who wants a home can get one through a combination of economic inclusion, and eliminating implicit bias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337267,"featured_media":16060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[1979,109,1234],"class_list":["post-16059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-board-associations","tag-economic-inclusion","tag-real-estate-marketing-2","tag-real-estate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/matt-donders-boz4mBOeR2U-unsplash-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16059"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17437,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16059\/revisions\/17437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}