{"id":73749,"date":"2025-06-25T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73749"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T22:34:47","slug":"congresswoman-maxine-waters-keynotes-consolidated-board-of-realtists-annual-h-o-m-e-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73749","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman Maxine Waters Keynotes Consolidated Board of Realtists\u2019 Annual H.O.M.E. Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43),<\/strong>\u00a0Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, delivered a keynote speech at the Consolidated Board of Realtists\u2019 Annual Home Ownership Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) Fair.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Congresswoman Maxine Waters attended the Consolidated Board of Realtists\u2019 Annual H.O.M.E. Fair, which was presented in collaboration with the West Angeles Community Development Corporation. Each year, this annual resource fair connects hundreds of people with home ownership resources. Congresswoman Waters works closely with the Consolidated Board of Realtists to seek their input and concerns on what\u2019s happening in the real estate market and provides resources to assist Realtists\u2019 ability to promote home ownership and related services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the Consolidated Board of Realtists\u2019 continued leadership in championing the economic advancement of African Americans throughout Southern California through the promotion of homeownership as a pathway to build generational wealth,\u201d said Congresswoman Waters.<\/p>\n<p>The Consolidated Board of Realtists formed its roots in 1949, when a group of young, dynamic African-American real estate brokers gathered to discuss the inequitable and prejudicial treatment of brokers in the Los Angeles area.\u00a0As the membership of the board grew, its focus as a proponent of fair treatment of African-American brokers and agents in the real estate industry and equal housing opportunities for minorities expanded.\u00a0 In the 1970s, the Consolidated Board of Realtists became a catalyst for legislative actions against the redlining practices of the lending and insurance industries.\u00a0 As an affiliate of the California Association of Real Estate Brokers (CAREB) and the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), the Consolidated Board of Realtists remains an advocate for social and economic parity for minority real estate industry professionals and community members.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Consolidated_Board_1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZeLuAQxWZECQUUyfd8L_ELT6Zxa6IOgh6vBWOh-BReYtVYId2DDZhuHWaxXJM3toOhtw9AJ23WjRjAxBl2EtOXzEWl2ypc_MTRmw2nnjXJXfenxOzQ_hsH_0CoA6D4_GxVdzoBPA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/CA43MW\/Consolidated_Board_1.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"1430\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Consolidated_Board.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_Na7kmEQgeK9H_Gv2YU7Wp_lgMTHhJCxwcnkx6jWJm4Ca984J2-qMQgHtum3i4Tj4zDh03U7B3QFMFLpmM2wZBdVkU_73o9GDDpn1x_Xi0emOMjiG5t7dZQ_an069appNpy1FmI=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/iqconnect.house.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/CA43MW\/Consolidated_Board.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"1430\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Congresswoman Maxine&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73750,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73749\/revisions\/73750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}