Quality of Life Matters

“Quality of Life” provides a framework for the real estate profession's government relations, community outreach and communications activities, helping build influence, credibility and trust. It's a balanced approach to accommodating growth and building better communities.

     REALTORS® - Improving Quality of Life 

REALTORS® are committed to improving our Quality of Life by supporting policies that encourage economic vitality, provide housing opportunities, respect the environment, protect property owners and build better communities.

     What is the Quality of Life Project?

The goal of the Quality of Life approach is to recommend policies that will enable people to get what they v alue most: jobs, homes and better communities. Basically, what't good for the province is good for real estate.

	Ensuring Economic Vitality		Providing Housing Opportunities
	The key to our quality of life is a strong economy. A vibrant economy creates jobs, expands the tax base, enhances and rvitalizes communities.		We all want a safe, decent and affordable home near where we work, shop and play. We must ensure an attainable supply of housing including choices about design, cost and location.
	Preserving the Environment		Building Better Communities
	REALTORS® recognize one of the most important elements of our quality of life it he environment: clean air and water, parks and open space.		Better communities are created in partnership with governments to ensure safe neighbourhoods and sufficiently fund the roads, water and sewer that form the framework for a community's quality of life.
	Protecting Property Owners
	A strong economy depends on preserving the investment people have made in real estate by protecting the ability to freely own, use, buy and sell real property.

Five principles form the foundation of the Quality of Life philosophy. These five stated principles would be implemented by The Canadian Real Estate Association, although in no particular order of priority:

• Ensuring economic vitality. The key to our quality of life is a strong economy. A vibrant economy creates jobs, expands the tax base, enhances and revitalizes communities.
• Providing housing opportunities. We all want a safe, decent and affordable home near where we work, shop and play. We must ensure an attainable supply of housing—including choices about design, cost and location.
• Preserving our environment. REALTORS® recognize one of the most important elements of our quality of life is the environment: clean air and water, parks and open space.
• Protecting property owners. A strong economy depends on preserving the investment people have made in real estate by protecting the ability to freely own, use, buy and sell real property. This corresponds to CREA’s long-standing campaign of promoting property rights.
• Building better communities. Better communities are created in partnership with governments to ensure safe neighbourhoods and sufficiently fund the roads, water and sewer that form the framework for a community’s quality of life.