{"id":14109,"date":"2023-03-02T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/?p=14109"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:28:03","slug":"santa-fe-realtors-promote-diverse-housing-options-in-housing-strapped-region-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-4-2-2-3-2-4-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/homepage\/success-story\/ctar-consumer0323","title":{"rendered":"Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS\u00ae Promotes Opportunity and Affordability as Part of Coalition to Bolster Regional Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greater metropolitan Charleston is growing by leaps and bounds, to the point where it encompasses three surrounding counties.\u00a0 And while attracting eager businesses and residents is a good thing, when the region attempted to re-open as the pandemic eased, it wasn\u2019t actually as resilient as it could have been.\u00a0 Looking ahead, a forward-thinking coalition called OneRegion stepped up to help the community achieve equity and economic momentum; making sure that affordable housing is a priority within that plan is where the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup> comes in.\u00a0 A Consumer Advocacy Grant from the REALTOR\u00ae<\/sup> Party is helping to get the community on board.<\/p>\n

As Government Affairs Director Josh Dix explains, \u201cThe OneRegion coalition was formed in 2016 by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Charleston Regional Development Authority, Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, local elected officials, and certain other community stakeholders \u2013 like us, the REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>. \u00a0Together, we\u2019ve been focusing on how to be a strong and resilient community, and how to best be positioned to rebound after any disaster \u2013 hurricanes and other destructive weather events, in particular.\u00a0 This will take more than just jobs,\u201d he notes, \u201cit means housing for all pay scales.\u00a0 In our region, housing continues to be a liability, and if corporations aren\u2019t assured of housing for their employees, they\u2019ll look elsewhere to our peer markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The OneRegion Road Map, introduced early in 2023, lays out a strategy to address the most important foundations of a healthy community, from affordability and infrastructure to global fluency and attracting and retaining talent; it was developed from a year\u2019s worth of public input and discussion.\u00a0 The whole process, says Dix, has facilitated dialogue about the issues, promoting regional conversations, instead of trying to make progress in isolated \u2018silos.\u2019\u00a0 The goal now is outreach, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now full-steam ahead, and this Consumer Advocacy Outreach Grant from the REALTOR\u00ae<\/sup> Party is supporting our campaign to build awareness and enthusiasm for the plan.\u00a0 In addition to digital advertising, we\u2019re getting a strong grass-roots advocacy system in place, with local community members presenting the message to their communities at work, church, kids\u2019 play groups, Rotary, and anywhere else a personal interaction can sell a vision.\u00a0 One of the things we were able to do with the grant was create a digital slide deck to be presented at community stakeholder meetings. \u00a0We are communicating with our elected leaders,\u201d says Dix, \u201cbut, as importantly, we need to reach the people who show up at City Council meetings objecting to planning and development, and everyone in-between.\u201d<\/p>\n

He reiterates the importance of dialogue.\u00a0 \u201cGetting people talking gets them thinking, and understanding, that without development and growth, we can\u2019t have the diversity we want, and can\u2019t support the mom-and-pop shops we love.\u00a0 In order to do that, we have to have the economic base, and that requires housing.\u00a0 This campaign is about helping people to understand that housing and economic development are connected, and we need housing at all economic price points.\u00a0 It can take a long time to get to the action steps, but as long as we\u2019re moving forward toward alleviating the cost burden of housing throughout the region, that\u2019s progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

To get there, Dix is a big believer in the REALTOR\u00ae<\/sup> Party programs.\u00a0 \u201cIf there\u2019s a resource, I try to apply for it,\u201d he says. \u00a0\u201cI need all the tools I can get!\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about how the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS\u00ae <\/sup>is advocating for the long-term economic well-being of its region, contact Government Affairs Director Josh Dix at josh@charlestonrealtors.com<\/a> or 843.608.8625.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With help from a Consumer Advocacy Grant from the REALTOR\u00ae Party, the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS\u00ae is supporting a campaign to engage the public in economic opportunity and housing related issues in South Carolina\u2019s Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester County region.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33,296],"tags":[1288,1773,1705,1774],"class_list":["post-14109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-us","category-success-stories","category-success-story","tag-affordability","tag-charleston-trident-association-of-realtors","tag-consumer-advocacy-grant","tag-opportunity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}