Virginia Homeowners Alliance Local Toolkit

Materials that Local Associations may use to promote the Virginia Homeowners Alliance are placed on this page for your use. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS:

Form to request Virginia Homeowners Alliance Recruitment Cards

Handout on Client Direct

Ad on REALTOR® incentives

Flyer for Realtors® about VHA incentive program

Article from Commonwealth (2 pages): 2-Minute Guide to VHA

Article on Public Policy’s Effect on REALTORS® – Article for local associations to put in their newsletter to members on the importance of affecting public policy

Article on Boards & Commissions – Article for publication in local association newsletters or for email distribution to members discussing the importance of REALTORS® serving on state and local boards and commissions

Powerpoint for presentation about the Virginia Homeowners Alliance to general membership

Powerpoint for presentation about the Homeowners Alliance to brokers

Powerpoint for presentation about the Homeowners Alliance to local leadership

LOCAL PUBLIC POLICY OUTREACH MATERIALS:

Boards & Commissions – List of state and local boards and commissions that Realtors^® should consider serving on

Candidate Questionnaire – Example of a questionnaire to send to candidates for elected office (This should be customized to local issues and the specific office to which the candidate is seeking.)

Contribution Letter – Sample letter to a candidate to accompany a contribution from the association

Invitation to Event – Sample letter to an elected official to invite them to attend an association breakfast, luncheon, reception, dinner, etc.

Invitation to Speak – Sample letter to an elected official to invite them to speak at a membership meeting or other gathering

Letter of Endorsement to Candidate – Sample letter that the local association can send to a candidate to notify them of the association’s endorsement

Letter of Endorsement to Members – Sample letter that the local association can send to their members to notify them of the association’s endorsement of a local candidate

Questions for Elected Officials – List of sample questions that members of the local association can ask elected officials and candidates at meetings, briefings and candidate forums

Endorsement Ad – Sample advertisement announcing the local association’s endorsement of a candidate(s)

Endorsement Direct Mail – Sample piece of direct mail to the public announcing the local association’s endorsement of a candidate(s)

Need help? Contact Lisa Noon at VAR, lisa@varealtor.com or (804) 264-5033.

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