Keep Austin Affordable!

I wanted to help get the word out about this so I'm posting the email I got from TREPAC. I already sent emails to the city council. I encourage all Austin homeowners and agents to do the same if you have not already. You can check out the site at http://www.keepaustinaffordable.com

If you are in another part of the country, send me a note or comment if you've had a similar ordinance and can give me some data on how it affected your market.

Joe

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Dear Austin Realtor

Keep Austin Affordable

The Austin Board of REALTORS needs you to answer this Call for Action to allow your voice to be heard to protect your business and Austin homeowners.

Mayor Will Wynn is pushing the Austin City Council to consider a proposal that would require homeowners to upgrade or retrofit their homes with energy efficient features before they can sell it. We support energy efficiency, but we oppose the draft ordinance being developed because it will limit homeownership opportunities for many Austinites. 

Please click on Take Action below to let Austin Mayor Will Wynn know that you support the Austin Board of REALTORS®' alternative solutions for achieving energy efficiency. ABOR proposes the following measures as a more efficient and effective solution to energy efficiency: 

Support free energy audits in all Austin homes and include that information in ABOR's Seller's Disclosure Notice to allow the market to adapt to the "value" of energy efficiency in homes.

Expand the incentives for homeowners who voluntarily make upgrades to their homes by offering annual homestead exemptions and sales tax relief on items related to those upgrades.

Allow the 9000+ members of ABOR to act as educators who encourage homeowners to take advantage of the many programs Austin Energy already has in place.

Let your voice be heard at City Hall, click now on Take Action to tell Mayor Will Wynn there is a more efficient and effective solution to make Austin homes energy efficiency!

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.

We encourage you to take action by June 4, 2008 

Keep Austin Affordable

Joe Cline works in Austin Texas Real Estate. If you are looking to buy, sell, or lease Austin Real Estate, it would be my pleasure to help. I also work selling Lakeway Real Estate.

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