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News
NEWS: Banking Bad Actors KeyBank, Capital One Lose Their Access To New York City’s Business
By NCRC
"Good cities shouldn’t do business with bad banks, so it’s great to see the New York commissioners take action here,” National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) President and CEO Jesse Van Tol said. “KeyBank and Capital One have atrocious track records of not just under-serving but actively harming the interests of low-wealth communities and people of color." [Read more]
Scholarship Opportunity: Building Stronger Communities Through CDFIs
By NCRC
A new 3-course series from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition invites you to explore the world of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The series is designed for NCRC member organizations interested in launching a CDFI. [Read more]
Roberto Barrágan And Vernice Miller-Travis Join NCRC Board
By NCRC
“I’m excited to have Vernice Miller-Travis and Roberto Barrágan joining our brain trust,” said Jesse Van Tol, President and CEO of NCRC. “Together these two new appointments illustrate where our coalition work is headed in the coming years. Roberto brings rich experience in the traditional community development space that has been our bread and butter, while Vernice’s decades of leadership on environmental racism will help us continue expanding our work on the intersections of public health and community development policy.” [Read more]
Research
Snapshot: Unemployment And Wage Trends For Black, Latino And White Workers In 2022
By Joseph Dean, NCRC
The gaps between Black and White unemployment and labor force participation rates are near historic lows. [Read more]
Views
Backgrounder: Here Are The Social Programs At Risk In The Debt Ceiling Negotiations
By Joseph Reed, NCRC
House Republicans have lured President Biden into negotiating over the debt ceiling. Here are the devastating spending cuts they want in exchange for not destroying the economy. [Read more]
BOOK REVIEW: Robert Kuttner’s ‘Going Big’ Is A Playbook For Public Investments, Robust Regulations, And Community Empowerment
By Josh Silver, NCRC
Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal and the Struggle to Save Democracy is a playbook for Democratic candidates and presidents, filled with astute observations about the political advantages and economic rationales of New Deal-style government programs. It is an exhortation for modern leaders to adopt those venerated ideas in full – not mere retreads or watered-down versions of them. I agree that it is a winning formula. [Read more]
Videos
Section 1071: New Data For Small Business Lending
By NCRC
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra announced at the 2023 Just Economy Conference the final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act that will increase transparency in small business lending and help root out discrimination. [Read more]
Events
Knowing When Your Client Has Achieved Mortgage Readiness
May 30, 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET
Join NCRC’s National Training Academy (NTA) for this course designed to provide housing counselors with a comprehensive understanding of assessing a client’s mortgage readiness. Participants will learn the importance of evaluating a client’s mental mortgage readiness and critical factors that impact mortgage readiness before pursuing homeownership. In addition, assist the housing counselor in understanding how to assist clients in developing a financial plan that aligns with their client’s long-term goals. [Register here]
Talent Attraction Summit 2023
June 11, 8 am ET – June 14 , 5 pm ET
Join NCRC’s Director of Racial Economy Equity Joshua Devine a the Talent Attraction Summit 2023. He will be speaking on the panel, “Centering Equity in the Talent Attraction Ecosystem.” [Register here]
In the News
Bankers' Associations File Challenge To CFPB Small Business Data Collection Rule
By Katten Muchin Rosenman, Lexology
While this case raises concerns throughout the US banking industry (notably, the American Bankers Association has joined as a named plaintiff), it is notable that other industry participants believe the Final Rule did not go far enough. Case in point: the National Community Reinvestment Coalition's report on the Final Rule notes that the "[commercial credit] industry regularly expresses . . . overblown concerns [about compliance costs and their potential exit from the small business market], which are not supported by rigorous data analysis." [Read more]
What Would It Take To Close America's Racial Wealth Gap?
By Penny Crosman, American Banker
We're here today with Marisa Calderon, executive director of the NCRC Community Development Fund and nonprofit community development financial institution. She has devoted her career to issues of economic mobility and bridging America's racial wealth gap.[Read more]
On Our Radar
Who Is Driving Black Business Growth? Insights From The Latest Data On Black-Owned Businesses
By Andre M. Perry, Manann Donoghoe, and Hannah Stephens, Brookings
If Black business ownership continues to grow at its current rate (4.72%), it will take 256 years to reach parity with the share of Black people in America—a timeline that leaves racial wealth gaps entrenched.[Read more]
The Biggest South Florida Housing Boom Is Near The Rail Stations
By Deborah Acosta, The Wall Street Journal
South Florida housing values are still rising even as home prices in much of the country are starting to come down. Values for homes located near the region’s expanding rapid transit rail system are appreciating even faster. [Read more]
Resources
Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club It's aDC hubfor nonprofits and the social sector, around the corner from the White House. Move your team into a private office or host your meetings and events or hang out in the lounge. [Read more]
Learning & Training Hub Register for NCRC's catalog of professional development courses for community development leaders. [Learn more]
Research And Reports We have an extensive library of research and reports that dates back many years; now available in one convenient location! [View all]
Racial Wealth Snapshots Browse our catalog of socioeconomic briefs and infographics. [View all]
Sign And Share The Just Economy Pledge America should not only promise but deliver to all Americans opportunities to build wealth and live well. Sign the pledge and share it to help us expand the movement for a Just Economy. [Sign and Share]
Fair Lending Tool Use our interactive tool to produce a report on mortgages, small business lending and bank branch networks for any city, county or metro area in the nation. [Access the tool here]
TreasureCRA Keep up and catch up on plans to strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act. [Read more]
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