Case Study: How Catapult Greater Pittsburgh’s Storefront Incubation Programs Are Supporting Women Entrepreneurs Of Color
By Joshua Devine, NCRC
Accounting for 42% of all women who opened new businesses, the number of Black-women-owned firms grew by nearly 50% between 2014-2019. Even so, the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic falling disproportionately on Black business owners did not deter Black women entrepreneurial growth. The National Association of Women Business Owners reported that of the 5% of women who started businesses, about half (47%) were Black women. [Read more]
Case Study: How The El Paso Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Is Ensuring Capital Readiness For Rural Hispanic Entrepreneurs
By Joshua Devine, NCRC
Latino-owned businesses (LOBs) are the fastest growing segment of the US business population and are becoming a major economic engine, according to the Annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report. In recent years, LOBs have outpaced the growth rates of both White-owned businesses (WOBs) and US businesses in general, as measured by both number of businesses and amount of revenue. [Read more]
Case Study: How Black Businesses Can Build Competitive Advantage For Anchor Procurement With The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
By Joshua Devine, NCRC
Across industries, the majority of African American-owned small businesses are concentrated in healthcare and social assistance. Despite the nearly threefold increase in Black entrepreneurship, the proportion of Black revenue decreased from 1% to 0.5%. In fact, Pew Research notes that most Black-owned businesses have relatively small payrolls and limited revenue generation. [Read more]
News
Unprecedented Analysis Of Financial Needs In Indian Country Demands Change From Banks In Native American Community Development Investments
By NCRC
Traditional financial services providers are failing communities on and near tribal lands to such an extent that change is only possible if funders begin routing resources through locally operated and culturally attuned Native American organizations, a new report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and Native Community Capital has found. [Read more]
NCRC Statement: House Majority’s Doomed Vote Against Section 1071 Rules Is An Attack On Small Business
By NCRC
House Republicans today passed a resolution to repeal vital small business data lending rules known as Section 1071, a resolution President Biden has pledged to veto. National Community Reinvestment Coalition President and CEO Jesse Van Tol released the following statement. [Read more]
Research
NCRC’s Guide To The 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule
By Kevin Hill, NCRC
The Retail Lending Test is much more objective and transparent thanks to these changes. The expansion of the test’s reach and reformulation of its scoring process for large banks should make this CRA component’s incentives much stronger. [Read more]
REDLINING THE RESERVATION: The Brutal Cost Of Financial Services Inaccessibility In Native Communities
By Dave Castillo, Bruce C. Mitchell, PhD, Jason Richardson, and Jad Edlebi, NCRC
Citizens on tribal lands live starkly different lives from Americans living in other areas: Tribal areas face infrastructure challenges not only in transportation connectivity and internet access, but in basic quality-of-life necessities like electricity, fresh water, sanitation and heating/cooling systems. [Read more]
Events
2024 Just Economy Conference: Registration Now Open
By NCRC
We are so excited to invite you to join us in person from April 2-4 in Washington, DC. The super early bird tickets won't last much longer. Register today and save! [Register here]
In the News
Report Shows Need For Mortgage Solutions On Tribal Lands
By RESPA News
A report released by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the Native Community Capital found traditional financial services are struggling to serve communities on and near tribal lands. [Read more]
Washington Was An Icon Of Black Political Power. Then Came Gentrification.
By The DC Citizens Forum
A 2019 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found that D.C. had the highest “intensity” of gentrification of any city in the United States between 2000 and 2013. A follow-up NCRC study found that D.C. then fell to 13th but the city didn’t have much space to climb in the rankings, said Jason Richardson, senior director of research at NCRC. [Read more]
On Our Radar
California Is Desperate For Affordable Housing But Can’t Stop Getting In Its Own Way
By Will Parker and Christine Mai-Duc, The Wall Street Journal
The development has faced nearly every hurdle that California laws allow opponents to place in the way of affordable housing. Approvals by politicians and commissions took years, often held up by a single determined opponent on the city council. It took the developers more time to win over skeptical neighbors who were particularly opposed to nearby housing for the mentally ill and homeless. [Read more]
Reflecting On "Neighborhood Character" In Salt Lake's Debate Over Multifamily Housing
By Erin Alberty, Axios
The Salt Lake City Council cleared the way last week for multifamily buildings in residential neighborhoods and added incentives for property owners to include more affordable units to help remedy the city's housing crisis.[Read more]
Resources
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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! [View all]
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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]
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