Message from the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors:

The Portland City Council wants homeowners to conduct a costly energy audit of your home before listing it for sale – even though a home inspection already tells buyers and sellers what they need to know about the energy efficiency of a home. This mandate would also require a home seller to publicly list private information about their home so that anyone could see it – regardless of whether they were interested in buying the home or not! And the proposal does nothing to help make homes any more energy efficient.

 

Respondents viewed several indicators more negatively than in prior years, but a positive result is that participation increased in Parks' programs this year.

 

An effort by the regional A Home for Everyone coalition found permanent housing for 695 veterans in 2015 and another 599 since January 2016.

 

Portland will launch a first-of-its-kind tax on public companies that pay their chief executives vastly more than they pay an average worker. Portland City Council approved the controversial plan 3-1 Wednesday, making a statement about growing income disparity in the United States.

 

BOMA has partnered with the Lloyd EcoDistrict to bring members unprecedented access to discounted volume pricing on LED products. Putting the final touches on your budget for 2017? It's not too late to take advantage of the Lloyd EcoDistrict's LED Advantage Member Program! With this great pricing on LEDs, making room in the budget maybe easier than you think. Check upgrading to LED lights off your energy efficiency wish-list.

 

BOMA members currently participating in a rebate incentive program offered by Home Depot have earned rebates totaling over $4 million to date. You can earn money back on your purchases, too. The Home Depot rebate program offers BOMA members a two percent annual rebate on all qualifying pre-tax purchases. There is no cost to enroll and you can enroll at any time; however, the sooner you enroll, the sooner you start earning your rebates.

 

Do you want to preserve our environmental beauty and our quality of life?

Did you know that afo’s Architects in Schools program helps to address these issues and more?

Help afo open the eyes of a growing number of young people to understand the impact of the built environment on their daily lives. Architects in Schools helps children see the world around them as they learn how design thinking can create more thoughtful, sensitive, and energy-efficient buildings and communities now and in the future.

 

Location: Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 SE Washington Street, Portland, OR 97214

Date/Time: Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM