Announcing The Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance
Created By The Wisconsin REALTORS®
Association
Date: August 8, 2005
Madison - The
Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA) is pleased to announce the
formation of a new IRS 501(c)(4) corporation, the Wisconsin
Homeowners Alliance, Inc. (WHA).
WHA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization devoted to
representing homeowners and property owners in the state of
Wisconsin. Its mission is "to advance and promote issues of
concern to all Wisconsin property owners."
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 According to WRA President Bill
Malkasian, "The main purpose of the Wisconsin Homeowners
Alliance is to protect people's property rights, home values,
and the real estate market - issue by issue - on a statewide and
local basis."
The Alliance will work on
behalf of property owners by means of education and advocacy.
Through education, the organization will keep the state's
property owners informed of state and local regulatory issues
that affect the ownership of property in Wisconsin. Advocacy
efforts will focus on raising awareness of issues affecting
Wisconsin property owners through general media communications
and grassroots mobilization.
2005 WRA Chairman Kitty
Jedwabny, a Fox Valley REALTOR®, says the Alliance will advocate
for the property owners' interests on the issues - through the
media, and through grassroots actions like phone calling
campaigns and citizen rallies.
The WRA is taking the lead
in forming the Alliance because of its awareness of the need to
expand advocacy efforts in Wisconsin on behalf of homeowners and
property owners. WHA, Inc. will have it's own board of nine
directors, composed of REALTORS® chosen by the current WRA
Board.
The WHA will provide
educational products to REALTORS® to be used with consumers. The
first such product is "Wisconsin Home" magazine, which we be
launched soon.
"The Alliance will keep
state and local officials, and the public, aware of how various
proposed policies could help - or hurt -- housing and property
ownership, WRA VP Michael Theo says.
Established in 1908, the
WRA has more than 18,000 members.
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