A New Milestone for Restoration Advocacy
Restoration contractors nationwide, exciting news! The RIA has launched the RIA Advocacy Action Hub, powered by VoterVoice, and it’s a game-changer for how your voices inform policy and protect the restoration industry.
This powerful digital platform is specifically designed for RIA members, providing real-time tracking of legislation, enabling immediate action on critical issues, and tools to spark advocacy across all channels, including email, phone calls, and social media. The Hub provides scripts, talking points, and social templates directly to your inbox to help restorers in each state mobilize against harmful legislation and advocate for legislation that protects your business.
As restoration professionals, you’re on the frontlines guiding communities through chaos—stabilizing flooded homes, mitigating mold, and rebuilding after disasters. Your expertise is invaluable, but without a channel into policymaking, it can easily go unheard. That’s why the RIA is proud to offer the Advocacy Action Hub as an RIA member benefit to amplify your voice and legislative impact.
Imagine this: in the time it takes to grab your morning coffee, you can approve a message template, apply your details to a prewritten email, and let your voice influence legislators on pressing issues like licensing requirements, right to cancel contracts and more. That’s the power of the Hub; it empowers you to act instantly with precision and clarity.
At the RIA, advocacy isn’t arbitrary; it’s member driven. The RIA determines legislative priorities by soliciting member feedback through annual surveys and direct input from restoration professionals. Our Legislative Task Force, comprised of experienced restorers, reviews and prioritizes issues based on urgency and impact. The RIA Board of Directors gives final approval, ensuring every priority aligns with our mission to Educate. Advocate. Elevate.
This collaborative process has honed our focus on critical issues such as:
- Laws affecting contractual relationships between restorers and their customers
- Insurance laws impacting restoration processes
- Emergency licensing reciprocity for CAT responders
- Consumer protection in home improvement and remediation impacting restorers
- Licensing requirements for restoration, mold, and general contracting services
- Price gouging protections that preserve industry response capacity
It’s these topics, identified, vetted, and ratified, that become the foundation of the Action Hub’s real-time campaigns. The result: members just like you influencing policy when it matters most.
Ready to lead?
RIA Members can check out the new Advocacy Action Hub today. Let’s make our unified voice the major influence on how restoration is regulated, supported, and respected. Not yet an RIA member? Join today!
Kristy Cohen
Kristy Cohen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA), the leading international network of restoration professionals dedicated to advocating for, educating, and elevating the restoration industry. With more than 20 years of nonprofit management experience, Kristy brings deep expertise in strategic planning, financial management, consensus building, advocacy, certification, and standards development.
As CEO, Kristy partners with volunteer leaders to advance the RIA’s mission and ensure restorers have a unified voice. She is recognized for her strategic vision, passion for the industry, and servant leadership approach, which have been instrumental in strengthening the association’s role as a trusted advocate and resource for restoration professionals worldwide.
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