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for August 29, 2025
News and views from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Find more at ncrc.org ([link removed] ) .
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Announcements
NCRC To Host Just Economy Leadership Summit In Nashville
By NCRC
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will host the 2025 Just Economy Leadership Summit September 8-9 in Nashville, TN, bringing 150 top community advocacy leaders from across the country together for two days of intense, solutions-focused discussions. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
News
NCRC Statement On Illegal Effort To Fire Lisa Cook
By NCRC
"Let’s be clear: This is not about Dr. Cook, not really. President Trump is desperate to expand his own personal power past all lines drawn up in our laws and founding documents, especially where trained professionals attempting to exercise sound policy judgment come to decisions that displease him." [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Views
An Inflection Point Has Been Reached: August 2025 Race, Jobs and the Economy Update
By Joseph Dean
The August BLS jobs report, along with other economic data released in the same week, provides a window into a labor market losing its resilience amid continued uncertainty. The economy added only 73,000 jobs while the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
President Trump’s Severe Medicaid And SNAP Cuts Will Sabotage Economic Justice Work
By Manan Shah
Supporters of the OBBB characterize it as a monumental piece of legislation that provides economic relief to low- to moderate-income (LMI) families. However, the research and data paint a different story that is all too familiar to America: one of economic harm being done to the poor and working class while big corporations and the wealthy continue to maximize their financial gains at everyone else’s expense. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
Events
2025 Utah Housing Matters Conference
September 8-10, 8 am 5 pm EDT
Join NCRC Principal Researcher Bruce C. Mitchell, PhD, at the highly anticipated Housing Matters Conference, taking place September 8–10, 2025, at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, Utah. This premier event brings together affordable housing professionals, government leaders, and industry experts for three days of learning, collaboration, and innovation. [Register here] ([link removed] )
Becoming A HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency
September 9-10, 8 am - 5 pm ET
Are you considering becoming a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency? This training will explore what is the commitment involved with being a HUD-approved agency, answer questions about the eligibility criteria and more, providing participants with an inside view of essential steps and criteria for obtaining HUD approval. [Register here ([link removed] ) ]
In The News
Even Opponents Of Biden CRA Want To Preserve Part Of The Rule
By Ebrima Santos Sanneh, American Banker
"For the CRA to stay relevant it must account for how banks offer loans and services, which for an increasing number of institutions is outside of branch networks," NCRC's comment letter states. "This expansion of assessment areas would likely result in more lending to borrowers with [low-and-moderate income] and in LMI communities." [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
As Washington DC Rapidly Gentrifies, Street Dancers Refuse To Be Pushed Out
By Miss Rosen, Huck
Earlier this year, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition released a shocking report, Displaced By Design: Fifty Years Of Gentrification And Black Cultural Displacement In US Cities, which revealed how over 500 Black neighbourhoods have been erased by design, with more than half a million Black American residents displaced from their communities and homes via “urban redevelopment” projects and rising rents. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]
On Our Radar
Employees ‘Job Hugging’ Amid Labor Market Uncertainty
By Meg Hilling, The Hill
According to consultants at Korn Ferry, a growing number of American employees are displaying what is colloquially known as “job hugging,” with the goal of simply holding onto their job. This comes as a sharp contrast to the “job hopping” trend that was popular in 2021 and 2022 when many employees sought better work opportunities as part of the “Great Resignation.” [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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