NCRC Statement On Bank Lobbyists’ Lawsuit To Preserve Banking Discrimination By NCRC The challenge itself is simple: post a photo or video of yourself in front of or inside your home, or anywhere with your house keys, and answer the question, “What does it mean to have a welcoming home free from discrimination?” Don’t forget to include these two hashtags in your posts: #WelcomeME #FairHousingMatters. To be entered into the challenge sweepstakes be sure to include both hashtags. Don’t have social media? You can still participate by submitting your photo or video with a form. [Read more]
News
NCRC Statement On Bank Lobbyists’ Lawsuit To Preserve Banking Discrimination By NCRC “Apparently some in the business and banking community believe that discrimination is fair as long as it is profitable. This is a disingenuous and dangerous attack on the American public’s right to fair treatment – but it’s also a remarkable admission: Big business trade lobbyists think their clients should have a right to discriminate." [Read more]
Views
Why Banks Are Suing For The Right To Discriminate – And Why They’re Wrong
By NCRC Powerful corporations are mounting an audacious new attack on the federal government’s work to protect Americans from discrimination. They have neither logic, nor law, nor popular opinion on their side.[Read more]
Field Notes
NCRC Member Profile: Affordable Homeownership Foundation, Inc.
By NCRC NCRC’s membership includes more than 700 community-focused organizations in 46 states. Here’s an introduction to one of them, Affordable Homeownership Foundation, in Waynesville, North Carolina, from their Executive Director, Jason Schulz. [Read more]
Videos
NCRC Video: What Will Banking Look Like In 2030?
By NCRC What do you know about Web3? Is it going to change the way we bank by the year 2030? Hear from a regulator, an innovation sector thought leader, and a serial founder and CEO, and learn the opportunities and challenges of Web3. [Read more]
Events
Quarterly Fair Housing Call
October 19, 2022, 2 pm ET Please join us for NCRC’s quarterly Fair Housing call where we discuss national trends in fair housing, fair lending, and strategize how to address prevailing discriminatory housing practices across the country. This call is open to NCRC members only. [Read more]
In the News
New Social Media Challenge Highlights Importance Of Fair Housing Practices
By Tanya A. Christian, Ebony To underscore the rampant discrimination still occurring more than a half-century after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, NCRC and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have teamed up for a social media campaign that is aimed at raising awareness of housing discrimination and highlighting the importance of fair housing across the country. [Read more]
Court Tosses Trump-era HMDA Reporting Change
By Chris Clow, HousingWire “This ruling partially overturns a Trump-era rule that blocked a significant portion of the mortgage industry from reporting information about who they were approving and denying for loans,” said Jesse Van Tol, president and CEO of NCRC, which filed the suit. [Read more]
On Our Radar
Amazon Makes First Venture Fund Bets With $150 Million For Underrepresented Founders
By Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters It is focused on Black, Latino, female, Indigenous and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) founders, Amazon said. [Read More]
Florida Faced A Housing Crisis. Ian Has Made It Worse.
By Antonio Olivo and Tim Craig, The Washington Post
The billions of dollars in damage caused by Hurricane Ian has exacerbated an already urgent housing crisis for Florida, with thousands of displaced residents unsure where they’ll live in one of the country’s most expensive states. [Read more]
Resources
A DC Hub For Nonprofits, Events And Work For nonprofits and social sector ventures in DC: Do your work and meetings at the new Just Economy Club in DC. It’s hosted by NCRC in the historic Union Trust building at 15th and H Streets, just around the corner from The White House. [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; now available in one convenient location! [View all]
Racial Wealth Snapshots Browse our catalog of socioeconomic briefs and infographics. [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 the pledge and share it 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]
TreasureCRA Page CRA will be essential for COVID-19 economic recovery in the communities hardest hit by the pandemic. Use the tools on this page to reach your friends and local leaders. [Read more]
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