Education Award
Recognizes an organization that has made an extraordinary commitment to educating minority groups about achieving or sustaining homeownership. Nominees are organziations providing pre-purchase homebuyer education and counseling, financial literacy education and counseling, post-purchase homeownership education, and foreclosure prevention and intervention counseling.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

Finance Award
Recognizes an organization that has helped minority groups overcome financial barriers to achieve or sustain homeownership. Nominees are organizations providing downpayment or closing cost assistance; access to safe, affordable loan products; or savings programs.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

Leadership Award
Honors an individual who has made a significant contribution to helping minority groups achieve or sustain homeownership.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

Media Award
Recognizes an organization for its use of media (online, print, radio or television) to educate minority groups about overcoming barriers to achieve or sustain homeownership; or to contribute to greater public awareness of the disparity in homeownership rates.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

Public Policy Award
Recognizes an individual or organization whose public policy advocacy efforts at the local, state or federal level have helped overcome barriers and increase access to or sustain minority homeownership.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

Real Estate Brokerage Award
Recognizes a professional brokerage for promoting homeownership by offering a full range of real estate services to minority homebuyers, such as homebuyer education; access to financial education and counseling or safe, affordable loan products; multilingual language services and materials; or strong community partnerships.
Criteria & Instructions | Application

For questions contact Sara Wiskerchen at swiskerchen@realtors.org or 202/ 383-1013.