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WBAL TV: Residents, community groups react to bank branch closing in Brooklyn

WBAL TV, December 20, 2021, Residents, Community Groups React To Bank Branch Closing In Brooklyn Brooklyn, in southwest Baltimore, is a neighborhood at a crossroads. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with other issues, have created some inequities. A bank the community relied on has shut its doors. Bank of America told 11 News the impact of […]

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Capital & Main: Are Nonbank Mortgage Lenders Good for Minority Borrowers?

Capital & Main, December 20, 2021, Are Nonbank Mortgage Lenders Good for Minority Borrowers? A loan officer at a mortgage company questions a Black loan applicant about household debts, but subsequently invites a less creditworthy white borrower to fill out an application with “no inquiry about credit standing or debts.” He then offers to walk the

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The Denver Post: “Where we come from is art”: Denver’s gentrifying Northside captured through the lens and poetry of its Latino youth

The Denver Post, December 19, 2021, “Where we come from is art”: Denver’s gentrifying Northside captured through the lens and poetry of its Latino youth Tim Hernández is a witness to the pain, the promise, the joy, the hope, the struggles of the Northside’s youth. He’s a teacher at North High and a product of

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Housing Wire: Mortgage industry cheers Sandra Thompson’s nomination

Housing Wire, December 16, 2021, Mortgage industry cheers Sandra Thompson’s nomination Industry stakeholders and affordable housing advocates welcomed news that the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s acting director, Sandra Thompson, was nominated for the permanent role. Some had previously expressed frustration that there was not a permanent nominee for the FHFA, although there is recent precedent for an acting FHFA

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NBC News: How 3D printing can be the solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis

NBC News, January 4, 2022, How 3D printing can be the solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis Using 3D printing to build homes provides numerous benefits, including a decrease in construction time due to the machine’s efficiency. During the process, concrete is extruded from a large machine into layers that form the walls, foundation

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WBFO/NPR: NYC must provide separate housing for trans people in homeless shelters under new settlement

WBFO/NPR, January 3, 2022, NYC must provide separate housing for trans people in homeless shelters under new settlement New York City must provide dedicated, separate housing for homeless trans and gender non-conforming people in city shelters in four boroughs, according to the terms of a recent legal settlement with Mariah Lopez, an activist with the

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Bloomberg Business + Equality: Wall Street Is Using Tech Firms Like Zillow to Eat Up Starter Homes

Bloomberg Business + Equality, January 7, 2022, Wall Street Is Using Tech Firms Like Zillow To Eat Up Starter Homes A Bloomberg News analysis of more than 100,000 property records shows that Zillow and the two other biggest iBuyers, Opendoor Technologies Inc. and Offerpad Solutions Inc., are selling thousands of homes to landlords backed by KKR & Co., Cerberus Capital Management, Blackstone

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NPR: Why some cities are operating legal homeless camps even in the dead of winter

NPR, January 7, 2022, Why Some Cities Are Operating Legal Homeless Camps Even In The Dead Of Winter The homelessness crisis, especially in major West Coast metro areas grabs the headlines: tent cities lining freeways and spreading into busy entertainment districts. But every night an untold number of people are also sleeping outside in smaller

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NCRC submits comment to the CFPB on Section 1071 Proposed Rule

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) submitted this week a detailed comment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its proposed rule on reporting and disseminating small business loan data required by Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

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