Draft:National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals

National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) is a non-profit and non-partisan trade association that engages in policy advocacy.

History
NAHREP was co-founded by Gary Acosta and Ernie Reyes (1941-2014) in 1999 in San Diego., CA.

On November 18-20, 2001, NAHREP hosted the Hispanic Marketing Conference in San Diego, honoring the following personalities for their contribution to Hispanic homeownership, Henry G. Cisneros, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Chief Executive Officer of American City Vista; Richard A. Mendenhall, the 2001 president for the National Association of Realtors(R) (NAR); Jamie S. Gorelick, Vice Chair of Fannie Mae; and Jim J. Park, Managing Director of Housing & Industry Outreach, Freddie Mac.

The organization produces a one-man theatrical production, 53 Million and One, starring NAHREP Board Member Gerardo "Jerry" Ascencio chronicling the immigration experience in America. The presentation debuted at NAHREP's 2014 National Convention and Latino Music Festival.

Organizational structure
NAHREP is structured as a nationwide network of local chapters split into six national regions, advised by a Board of Directors and a Corporate Board of Governors. It consists of a network of over 40,000 real estate professionals and over 100 chapters across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Its chapters are responsible for organizing educational seminars, network events, and galas for local members that promote the mission of NAHREP.

Government advocacy and activity
NAHREP also engages in policy advocacy across the state, local, and federal levels to advance sustainable homeownership and wealth creation for Latinos.

In March 2011, NAHREP, along with two other organizations representing multicultural real estate professionals, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) and the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), convened at the Multicultural Real Estate & Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss regulatory and policy changes to preserve access to homeownership for people of color. As a result of that meeting, the organizations issued a joint report entitled The Five Point Plan: Refocusing the Future of Minority Homeownership.

In 2015, NAHREP unveiled a plan to triple Latino wealth over the next 10 years through its Hispanic Wealth Project. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis predicted that Latino wealth could grow by $2 trillion in the next 10 years, with projected gains in population if there's an environment fostering wealth in the community. In 2016, NAHREP announced that its then-director of research Alejandro Becerra was appointed to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 's first-ever Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee. HUD states that the committee, consisting of 12 individuals representing mortgage, real estate, consumer, and housing sectors, will serve to "improve the efforts to provide consumers with the knowledge they need to make informed and lasting housing decisions."

During the COVID-19 pandemic, NAHREP's National Policy team advocated for additional relief for small businesses and Latino families.

State of Hispanic Wealth Report
According to the 2021 State Hispanic Wealth Report by Nahrep and Hispanic Wealth Project, 60% of Latinos have lower odds of receiving loan approval.

National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professional Report
According to an annual report by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, 8.8 million homes are owned by Latinos more than two decades later. The latest American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau in Dallas County advocates that nearly a third of homeowners are Hispanic.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals stated that Hispanic homeownership was 48.4% in 2021. Since 2014, Latinos have added 657,000 owner households. More and more Latinxs are buying and investing in property, with more than eight million Latinx new homeowners contributing $371 billion to the national gross domestic product.

HIspanic Wealth Project
NAHREP founded the Hispanic Wealth Project, a non-profit whose mission is to financially and educationally empower the Hispanic community in America.

L'ATTITUDE
NAHREP CEO and Co-founder Gary Acosta co-launched L'ATTITUDE in 2018 with business executive Sol Trujillo. L'ATTITUDE is a business-based national initiative focused on helping enlightened executives understand The New Mainstream Economy and the U.S. Latino cohort driving it.

In 2019, internationally acclaimed producer, director, entrepreneur, and author Emilio Estefan joined Trujillo and Acosta as a partner in L'ATTITUDE.

In 2022, L'ATTITUDE's main stage participants included former President Barack Obama, who spoke about the wealth gap in the U.S., and Lin Manuel Miranda, who stated, "starting a small business is like composing a musical." In its fifth year, L'ATTITUDE 2022 had more than 125 speakers, including Gloria Estefan and Sen. Alex Padilla of California, and presidents and CEOs of top companies, such as NIKE, Bank of America, Sony Pictures, Target, and Nielsen.

Terner Center for Housing Innovation
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley partnered with NAHREP to survey its membership, a group of housing providers, primarily small businesses serving as few as 20 residents.