TREB's Past President's Scholarship Program, now in its tenth year, expanded in 2012 to include two additional scholarships. Two $5,000 first-place scholarships and two $2,500 second-place scholarships will be awarded on behalf of REALTORS® to four graduating high school seniors pursuing post-secondary education.
Based on community involvement and a 1,000-word essay, the awards will be presented to the four winners in the spring.
This year's essay topic choices are:
- Home ownership is widely accepted as a cornerstone of good financial planning and wealth management for individuals and families. In contrast, the benefits of home ownership on other aspects of the lives of individuals and families gets much less attention. How and why can owning a home impact non-financial aspects of individuals' and families' lives, such as social and community interaction, health and well-being, and educational achievement?
- Although "affordable housing" is a priority public policy issue, there is often differing and competing understandings of what this term includes. In some instances, "affordable housing" refers only to government subsidized social housing units, and in other instances it is more broadly defined to refer to the affordability of the broader, non-government subsidized, rental and ownership real estate markets. Provide an analysis of government definitions of "affordable housing", and articulate how public policies regarding "affordable housing" may or may not affect the affordability of housing in general.
Click here to view the 2016 scholarship application and essay criteria. (=link 'Click here' to the PDF application above)
The application can also be obtained by clicking the Education tab on the Stratus home page or from TREBhome.com under the ABOUT TREB tab.
If you have any questions regarding the scholarship, please contact Christine Shallhorn in the Communications and Government Affairs Department at 416-443-8000 x8030 orcshallhorn@trebnet.com .