HCN Open Enrollment Extension; New Jersey Citizen Action Fights for Economic Injustice; and June 2025 Race, Jobs And The Economy Update

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for June 27, 2025

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Announcements

NCRC Announces Housing Counseling Network Open Enrollment Extension

By NCRC

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition will extend the open enrollment period for its Housing Counseling Network application to August 31, 2025. Through HCN, NCRC serves as the US Department of Housing and Urban Development intermediary for HUD-approved housing counseling agencies. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Views

New Jersey Citizen Action Fights Economic Injustice Through Direct Services And Coalition Power

By Britt Julious

For 43 years, New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) has been a cornerstone for economic justice in the Garden State, serving more than 15,000 families annually through programs ranging from free tax preparation to foreclosure prevention. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Job Gains Slow As Young Workers Struggle In The Labor Market: June 2025 Race, Jobs And The Economy Update

By Joseph Dean

The economy added 139,000 jobs in May while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%. While one-month job gains were solid, gains for March were revised down by almost 48%. The BLS revised its numbers twice ([link removed] ) in the past two months, meaning March’s numbers were revised in April, then again in May. These downward revisions to gains for March and April indicate that the economy is slowing down. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Videos

2026 Conference Proposal Informational Webinar ([link removed] )

By NCRC

What conversations do you want to lead? What new ideas can you bring to the table to help us imagine and create a just economy? Whose voices do you want to include and showcase? Have an idea for a session, panel, or discussion? Submit your idea by July 25. ([link removed] ) [Watch here ([link removed] ) ]

Events

Just Economy Conversations: Valuing Homes In Black Communities by (Re)thinking Ownership

July 8 , 2 - 3:30 pm ET

Spotlight Innovators from the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge, hosted by Economic Architecture and the Brookings Institution, will share new innovations and strategies in the housing equity space. Hear from Doug Ryan of Grounded Solutions Network and Tamara Knox of Frolic on how new approaches to sustainable homeownership are creating impact at the local, state and national level to advance fairness in the housing market. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]

Curds Of Wisdom – Saving The Community Reinvestment Act

July 9 , 1 - 2:00 pm ET

Join CRA experts Kevin Hill, Senior Policy Advisor at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Bethany Sanchez, Senior Administrator for Fair Lending at the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, to learn more about how CRA can help us with our work to increase affordable housing. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]

Your Membership, Your Benefits: A Closer Look At NCRC Membership

July 10 , 1 - 2:00 pm ET

Join us to learn what resources, services, content and networking opportunities your membership includes and how being an NCRC member can help you in your fight for a #JustEconomy. NCRC staff share tips for making the most of your membership and walk through NCRC’s newest member features. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]

In The News

From Watts To DC: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished In 45 Years

By Adam Mahoney, Capital B

No racial or ethnic group has experienced more negative impacts from gentrification than Black people, according to researchers from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a coalition of 700 nonprofit organizations focused on directing resources to America’s most vulnerable communities. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

I Looked For Groceries In A Lakeland Food Desert

By Kayla Borg, Ikldnow

They’re indoor growing systems that use nutrient-rich water instead of soil. They’ve been introduced in some U.S. cities as a year-round, space-saving solution to food insecurity. These vertical farms can produce high yields with minimal resources, giving low-income communities more control over local food access, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

On Our Radar

Harvard Hired A Researcher To Uncover Its Ties To Slavery. He Says The Results Cost Him His Job: ‘We found Too Many Slaves’

By Michela Moscufo, The Guardian

The 2022 Harvard report included a list of recommendations by the presidential committee: develop educational partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, create a public memorial, and – perhaps most contentiously – identify living descendants of people enslaved by university staff, leaders and faculty. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Federal Class Action Filed Against HUD For Unconstitutional Withholding Of Fair Housing Funds

By Janelle Brevard, NFHA

The plaintiffs, NFHA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring everyone has access to quality housing in healthy communities that are free from discrimination, and TFHC, a Nashville-based fair housing group working to eliminate housing discrimination for Tennesseans, allege that HUD’s refusal to implement or award FHIP grants violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the US Constitution. [Read more] ([link removed] )

Resources

Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club

It's a DC hub for 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. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Learning & Training Hub

Register for NCRC's catalog of professional development courses. [Learn ([link removed] ) more ([link removed] ) ]

Research And Reports

We have an extensive library of research and reports that dates back many years! [View all ([link removed] ) ]

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 ([link removed] ) ]

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Help us expand the movement for a Just Economy. [Sign and Share ([link removed] ) ]

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