NEW WEBINAR: Stop The CRA Rollback: What's At Stake And How To Fight Back
September 18, 2-3 pm ET
The Community Reinvestment Act is one of the most important tools communities have to hold banks accountable for investing, lending and providing services in low- and moderate-income communities. A new proposal puts an estimated $71 billion to $87 billion a year in community development financing at risk. Join NCRC’s President and CEO Jesse Van Tol and Senior Policy Advisor Kevin Hill to understand what the proposed changes could mean for your community. [Read more]
NEW ANALYSIS: CRA’s New Benchmark Could Put 85% Of Current Community Development Activity At Risk
By NCRC
The proposed Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule would change how banks earn credit for community development activity outside their current assessment areas. The agencies would unlock that flexibility using a numerical threshold far below what large banks do today. The risk is that a benchmark created only to determine when outside-area activity can count becomes the de facto standard banks use to judge whether they have done enough community development. [Read more]
Views
Investing In Community: Benjamin Rose Unlocks Homeownership For Aging Ohioans
By NCRC
In response to the proposed rule the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation recently announced, NCRC prepared a primer on key takeaways and how the proposal would weaken bank obligations to invest, lend and provide services in low- and moderate-income communities and reduce transparency and accountability. [Read more]
News
NCRC Renames Fellowship For Equitable Development To Honor Irvin M. Henderson; New Cohort Announced For 2026-2027
By NCRC
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) has renamed the Fellowship for Equitable Development to the Irvin M. Henderson Fellowship as a way to honor the man who spent more than 30 years as a leader of its board of directors.
NCRC, Woodstock Institute Are Pleased With Enova’s Bank Application Withdrawal
By NCRC
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and the Woodstock Institute (Woodstock) strongly advocated against the merger and welcome this news. In addition to making multiple requests with other groups to meet with Enova and the Federal Reserve, the organizations submitted comment letters to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) strongly opposing Enova’s merger and bank holding company applications. [Read more]
Research
Racial Wealth Snapshot Series: Economic Outlook Overview For The Asian American Community
By Joseph Dean
The Census Bureau counted 1.5 million Asians and Pacific Islanders in 1970, which rose to 3.7 million in 1980 and to 7.3 million by 1990. However, the Bureau cautions that part of that growth reflects changes in the Census’ race categories rather than a true spike in population for these groups. In 1970, there was no Asian category at all. The Census counted Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Hawaiian as separate races, classified Asian Indians as White and placed Vietnamese under “Other race,” with no option to report more than one race. [Read more]
Preventing Hyperscale Harm: Analyzing the Potential Impact of Opportunity Zones 2.0 in Rural Communities Experiencing Accelerating AI Data Center Construction
By Simon Wang, Bruce C. Mitchell, PhD and Jad Edlebi
Recent changes to a federal community development initiative called the Opportunity Zones (OZs) program could provide economic incentives for AI companies to develop hyperscale data centers in rural areas of the country. NCRC has analyzed which rural communities could become targets for AI data center development. [Read more]
Events
Heirs’ Property Practicum: Client-Ready In One Session
September 22, 2-3:30 pm ET
Heirs Property Can Be Complicated. Your Counseling Doesn’t Have to Be. Join us for this webinar to gain practical, client-focused tools to help navigate one of the most challenging housing and property issues facing families today. This hands-on session will help you better understand heirs property, recognize potential issues, and confidently support clients as they explore pathways toward protecting their housing and property interests. Walk away ready to put what you learned into practice.
Advancing Strategies For HECM Programs: Enhancing Counseling, Client Outcomes & Program Effectiveness
September 24, 2-3:30 pm ET
This 90-minute advanced continuing education webinar is designed to equip experienced HECM counselors with practical strategies for navigating complex borrower circumstances and strengthening client-centered counseling. Participants will explore advanced assessment techniques, HECM decision-making, alternatives analysis, long-term financial and housing considerations, complex household scenarios, counselor boundaries, documentation, and risk management. [Register Here]
In The News
What’s At Risk Under The CRA Proposal And How Communities Can Respond
By Jesse Van Tol, Shelterforce
NCRC says proposed CRA changes could lead large banks to treat a 0.625% Tier 1 capital benchmark as a target. Its analysis of 69 banks estimates annual activity could fall from $102 billion to $14.8 billion, or about 85% lower. [Read more]
CRA Overhaul Could Put 85% Of Community Development At Risk, NCRC Says
By Sarah Wolak, HousingWire
NCRC says proposed CRA changes could lead large banks to treat a 0.625% Tier 1 capital benchmark as a target. Its analysis of 69 banks estimates annual activity could fall from $102 billion to $14.8 billion, or about 85% lower. [Read more]
A Critical Few Weeks Ahead For Community Development Finance
By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City
By shifting which banks fall into each category, roughly 814 banks would no longer be evaluated for community development activity, and another 417 banks would face reduced community development scrutiny after dropping down from the large level to the intermediate level, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.[Read more]
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