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Hi ,

The deadline to submit comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is fast approaching – Friday, August 5, at 11:59 pm ET.

The best chance we have to make this a strong change is if community groups put up a good showing and send in comment letters!

NCRC drafted three sample comment letters, including one for health care practitioners, that can be found on our #TreasureCRA page ([link removed]) . On the page, under the "take action" tab, you will find the comment letters, which you can copy and edit as you see fit. You can find instructions on how to submit comments on the page as well. We suggest you submit to all three agencies.

The #TreasureCRA website also has a summary of the proposed rule ([link removed]) and data tools to calculate the number of CRA dollars in local communities over the last decade. If you are an NCRC member, you can also access our fair lending tool ([link removed]) to identify racial disparities that CRA reform must address in your community.

Important aspects we want the agencies to reconsider: They must do more about CRA and race, and they must stop the proposed changes to about 20% of the bank CRA exams ([link removed]) that would make those exams easier and reduce the level of community development financing in smaller cities and rural areas!

Important aspects we want to support: Preserve the proposed improvements to data collection and assessment areas so online or hybrid banks have most of their loans covered by CRA exams.

We will continue having calls if you need more information before sending in comments. Of course, you can also contact us directly by using the form on our #TreasureCRA page ([link removed]) .

Also, we would like to highlight one or two of your comment letters each week during the remainder of the comment period. As you send in comment letters, please email them to me (mailto:[email protected]) .

Happy commenting!

Josh Silver
Senior Policy Advisor

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