Application Extension for NCRC's Field Empowerment Fund!
The FEF empowers NCRC members to level up established service lines through a catalytic injection of grant funding. Grantees may receive up to $200,000 in grant funding to implement their FEF project over a 18-month performance period. Applications are now due September 13![Apply Now]
Call for 2025 Just Economy Conference Session Ideas
By NCRC
Only a few weeks left to submit your 2025 Just Economy Conference session ideas! What do you want to talk about? What's a pressing issue in your community? We want to know! [Submit Now]
News
NCRC Launches Health Equity Investments Office Hours
By NCRC
Once a month, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will hold Health Equity Investments Office Hours, a new series of live open discussions hosted by NCRC Director of Health Equity and Impact Devin Thompson. [Read more]
Scholarship Opportunity For HUD-Certified Housing Counselors To Attend NCRC’s Just Economy: Detroit
By NCRC
HUD-certified housing counselors are eligible for scholarships to attend the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’sJust Economy: Detroit summit on September 24. [Read more]
NCRC’s Van Tol On Section 1071 Ruling: Common Sense Prevails Over Frivolous Greed
By NCRC
It’s always a good day when common sense and clear law prevail over the frivolity, greed and cynicism of corporate lobbyists. Next up: The bank lobby’s equally absurd and dishonest attempt to trick courts into derailing the Community Reinvestment Act. That selfish and dishonest attempt to sabotage economic growth in marginalized communities should meet the same fate as this failed attack on basic fairness in small business lending. [Read more]
Views
ANALYSIS: Capital One-Discover “Community Benefits Plan” Contains Less Than $5 Billion In New Value
By Kevin Hill
Capital One describes this CBP as a $265.2 billion commitment to products and services for low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities – actions the plan promises to take if regulators approve the Discover merger. This misleading characterization is a 40-fold exaggeration of the merger-tied CBP’s benefit to communities. [Read more]
Pennsylvania’s Hospital Merger Speedrun Will Hurt Patients. Here’s How They Can Do Better Next Time.
By Devin Thompson and Justin Sackey
The massive Jefferson Health-LVHN hospital merger was quickly approved without consideration of public health equity. Pennsylvania needs to take a different approach next time. [Read more]
Events
Bridging The Gap: Affordable Homeownership And Anti-Displacement Strategies
September 12, 4 - 7 pm ET
As leaders gather for the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference, join NCRC and experts from community development, real estate and financial services on the evening of September 12 for a reception and panel discussion, “Bridging the Gap: Affordable Homeownership and Anti-Displacement Strategies.” [Register here]
NCRC CDF Series II: Session 4: Investing For Growth: Smart Financial Decisions
September 12, 10 - 11 am ET
Join NCRC’s Community Development Fund as we guide you through making informed financial decisions to drive sustained business growth. Explore investment opportunities, risk assessment, and how to align financial decisions with your long-term goals. Register for this insightful webinar to position your business for continuous success post-funding. [Read more]
Investing For Growth: Smart Financial Decisions
September 12, 10 - 11 am ET
This session will guide you through making informed financial decisions to drive sustained business growth. Explore investment opportunities, risk assessment, and how to align financial decisions with your long-term goals. Register for this insightful webinar to position your business for continuous success post-funding.
New HKS Research Asks Communities What Reimagining Public Safety Means To Them
By Susan A. Hughes, Harvard Kennedy School
Neighborhood gentrification—where poorer, urban communities are revitalized by wealthier citizens, often displacing the current residents—was also systemic in these areas, contributing to housing instability for longtime residents. In fact, Boston ranks third among highly gentrified cities in the country, with the four neighborhoods in this study at risk, according to a 2020 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. [Read more]
On Our Radar
Pay Your Rent, Get 2% Cash Back: Landlords Join Craze For Rewards
By Katherine Hamilton, The Wall Street Journal
Companies like Stake are helping turn the necessity of rental payments into yet another loyalty program. The rewards craze has taken over credit cards and travel, reaching into retail, dining and many other transactions. [Read more]
US Accuses Software Maker RealPage Of Enabling Collusion On Rents
By Danielle Kaye, Lauren Hirsch and David McCabe, The New York Times
The suit, joined by North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington, accuses RealPage of facilitating a price-fixing conspiracy that boosted rents beyond market forces for millions of people. It’s the first major civil antitrust lawsuit where the role of an algorithm in pricing manipulation is central to the case, Justice Department officials said. [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! [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 and share the pledge 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]
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