Atlanta Multicultural Real Estate Council Collaboratively Working to Address Housing Challenges

Ed Jennings, Jr.

Participants in the Multicultural Real Estate Council and Membership meeting

Collaboration and strength in unity during challenging times for the housing market were constant themes of discussion during the July 11 Multicultural Real Estate Council and Membership meeting highlighted by remarks by HUD Southeast Regional Administrator Ed Jennings, Jr. Over 110 real estate professionals from the Atlanta Chapters of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, Asian Real Estate Association of America and the National Association of Real Estate Brokers participated.

"These are challenging times for our nation, economy and housing market. The need for collaboration, innovation and hard work are essential as we work in partnership to address the housing challenge," said HUD Southeast Regional Administrator Ed Jennings, Jr. "I am encouraged by what I see here today as multicultural real estate professionals met, rolled up their sleeves and are working together to tackle this problem. There is strength in unity of effort."

Roberto Salomon, President, The Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, Tim Le, President Asian Real Estate Association of American Atlanta Chapter and Karen Johnson, President, The Empire Board of Realtists, affiliate chapter of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers all joined hands to symbolically join together to work on innovatively and collaborative working together to address the housing foreclosure challenge.

Founded in 2003, the Asian Real Estate Association of America is a non-profit professional trade organization dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership opportunities in Asian American communities by creating a powerful national voice for housing and real estate professionals that serve this dynamic market.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professional, a non-profit trade association is dedicated to increasing the homeownership rate among Latinos by educating and empowering the real estate professionals that serve them.

National Association of Real Estate brokers was founded in 1947 and was formed out of need to secure the right to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed or color.

Learn about the New HomeSafe Georgia program (https://www.homesafegeorgia.com/) which provides mortgage assistance for eligible unemployed and underemployed.

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