#WelcomeMe #FairHousingMatters Selfie Challenge By NCRC Feel welcome at home? Help us wipe out housing discrimination! Take the #WelcomeMe #Fairhousingmatters Selfie challenge. [Read more]
News
NCRC Statement On 5th Circuit Attack On CFPB Funding
By NCRC “Ever since it was created, the CFPB has been a forceful and uniquely effective guardian of the American people’s right not to get cheated. And ever since it was created, cynical and backward-thinking forces in our political and legal systems have been trying to tear the agency down. This ruling, which ignores a century of precedent for insulating regulators from political gamesmanship, is just the latest episode in a decade-long political crusade to kneecap the agency so that the worst actors in our economic system can go back to preying upon working-class families.” [Read more]
NCRC Launches Capital Accelerator Program For Business Resource Providers
By NCRC The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) has launched the MicroBiz Capital Accelerator Program (MCAP), a new grant and technical assistance pilot program supporting direct small business resource providers. Applications are now open with a deadline of November 25, 2022. [Read more]
Events
NCRC Appraisal Bias Webinar
October 26, 12 pm - 1 pm EDT
Just, equitable appraisal practices are more important than ever when other key drivers of housing market activity go haywire. So what has NCRC been doing to address this discrimination? What have we learned from that work? And what more needs to be done to combat the effects of this pervasive bias? Join us for a webinar next Wednesday as NCRC’s leading experts discuss appraisal bias’s effects, challenges and potential solutions, and answer your questions. [Read more]
CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium
November 13, 8 am EDT - November 16, 5 pm EDT Wolters Kluwer will host its 26th annual CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium November 13 – 16 at Caesars Las Vegas. This industry-leading conference features top U.S. regulators and other leading regulatory compliance experts focusing on regulatory developments and oversight trends in fair lending, HMDA and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance. [Read more]
In the News
Developers Are Converting Abandoned Bank Branches Into Co-Working, Residential
By Holly Dutton, Propmodo According to data from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and CBRE, 4,500 bank branches have closed around the U.S. since the pandemic The figure represents a third of the 10,000 branches that have closed since 2010. [Read more]
Capitol Hill Committee Questions Bank Branch Closures In Black America
By Trice Edney Newswire, The Sacramento Observer Research by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) documents how still shrinking numbers of bank branches in Black and other communities of color diminish the economic futures of communities already reeling from a lack of sustained investment and redevelopment in its reported titled, The Great Consolidation of Banks and Acceleration of Bank Closures Across America. [Read more]
On Our Radar
Roommate Wanted: Homeless People Are Pairing Up As A Way Around The Housing Crisis
By Jennifer Ludden, NPR Getting homeless people into their own apartment, without roommates, is considered the "gold standard" for achieving independence, says Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. But record high rents and a historic housing shortageare making it all but impossible in many places in the U.S. [Read More]
Whites Now More Likely To Die From Covid Than Blacks: Why The Pandemic Shifted
By Akilah Johnson and Dan Keating, The Washington Post
The imbalance in death rates among the nation’s racial and ethnic groups has been a defining part of the pandemic since the start. To see the pattern, The Washington Post analyzed every death during more than two years of the pandemic. [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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