HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

The hawaii realtors government affairs division is responsible for protecting, promoting, and advancing the public policy interests and objectives of realtors through political advocacy and member participation in legislative activities, such as maintaining open lines of communication between state and government officials on real estate issues, building relationships with other organizations to create support, and working directly with members to determine what issues are of concern to real estate in hawaii. The primary effort of the hawaii realtors' government affairs is at the state level, including but not limited to the legislature, executive branch and state agencies. However, the division may, from time to time, be involved with issues at the federal level through the national association of realtors and at the county level. In 2024, the government affairs committee priority issue was clarifying price freezing during a state of emergency which applied to rental housing. During the session, har testified 167 times.