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REALTORS® playing vital role in community efforts to acknowledge, repair damage of past
 Homeownership is the largest single contributor to intergenerational wealth for American families. But it has not been accessible to all Americans on equal terms. More than a half-century after passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, there remains a 30-percentage-point homeownership gap between white and Black Americans-the same as in 1968, the year the act was adopted. Black Americans own one-tenth the wealth of white Americans, despite earning, on average, about 60% of white Americans' income.
There is a clear line from the overtly racist policies of the past to today's inequities. While the 1968 Fair Housing Act outlawed discrimination, it provided little remedy for the decades of harm that preceded it. Industry efforts are curtailing present-day discrimination, but they don't reverse the effects of historic practices that denied Blacks homeownership, destroyed Black wealth, and prevented the transfer of wealth through generations. Click here to view the full REALTOR® Magazine article.
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The video in the adjacent link discusses a popular issue often discussed on the Legal Information Line. The topic involves the national eviction moratorium and Nevada's state eviction moratorium. NVR Legal Information Line Attorney Christal Keegan answers some prevalent questions during this Covid era. 
The Colorado Association of REALTORS® and 2021 Region XI RVP Scott Mathias will host the 2021 region conference July 7-9 in Aurora, CO at the new Gaylord Rockies Resort. NAR Leadership members Leslie Smith and Leigh Brown are among the speakers scheduled for the annual event.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced last week that it will grant more time in forbearance to qualifying multifamily property owners. The program was set to expire at the end of the month but has now been extended until June 30.