What we do

NAREB’s number one priority is increasing homeownership through working with our local chapters, our partners and our affiliates. Some of these efforts include:

• Home Buyer Workshops
• Financial Literacy Workshops
• Youth Financial Literacy
• Advocacy for Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Programs
• Monitoring Local, State and Federal Legislation & Regulatory Polices That Impact Home Ownership
• Partnering with Local Financial Institutions to Develop Community Lending Products & Services That Will Increase Home Ownership

On April 11, 1968, one week after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed the Fair Housing Act into Law to end or quell the civil unrest, protests and riots in many U.S. cities. NAREB national and local leaders were instrumental in pushing for and litigating to ensure the full implementation of the Fair Housing Law. The signing of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1968, which came to be known as the Fair Housing Law not only prohibited discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, creed, and national origin, but also helped to expand business and career opportunities for Black Americans operating in the real estate industry and those interested entering the real estate profession.