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Study Finds: Bank Bias? Highly Qualified Black Entrepreneurs Still Offered Worse Loans, Service

Study Finds, September 3, 2024, Bank Bias? Highly Qualified Black Entrepreneurs Still Offered Worse Loans, Service Discussion and TakeawaysThe study’s findings underscore the persistent problem of racial discrimination in financial services and its detrimental effects on both customers and businesses. The researchers emphasize the need for a multi-faceted approach to address this issue, involving financial […]

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Bloomberg Law: Capital One-Discover Deal Hits Roadblock In Bank Merger Overhaul

Bloomberg Law, September 19, 2024, Capital One-Discover Deal Hits Roadblock In Bank Merger Overhaul The Fed hasn’t officially changed its merger policy. But even without a formal change, the central bank may ultimately apply tougher standards than in the past, when critics say the federal banking agencies were too quick to approve deals. “Historically, the

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Patch: Fair Appraisals: New Jersey Passes Housing Discrimination Law

Patch: Fair Appraisals, September 12, 2024, New Jersey Passes Housing Discrimination Law Attorney General Matthew Platkin said he supports the state’s new law as yet another way to fight back against the racial wealth gap. “Discrimination in the housing appraisal industry has prevented far too many – particularly people of color – from acquiring the

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The Conversation: Gentrification Isn’t Inevitable – It Can Hinge On How Residents View Their Neighborhood

The Conversation, September 20, 2024, Gentrification Isn’t Inevitable – It Can Hinge On How Residents View Their Neighborhood As the U.S. population becomes increasingly urban, gentrification can seem inevitable. However, scholars have found that it’s actually pretty rare. For example, a study by the nonprofit National Community Reinvestment Coalition that examined neighborhood change from 2000

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The Banker: Industry Groups Criticise ‘Opaque’ US Bank M&A Rules

The Banker, September 19, 2024, Industry Groups Criticise ‘Opaque’ US Bank M&A Rules National Community Reinvestment Coalition CEO Jesse Van Tol welcomed the move to better protect the public from “harmful mergers, as community advocates have long called for, by ensuring that the needs of everyday people are properly considered in these vital decisions”. The

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Ayanna Pressley: Pressley, Green Reintroduce Bill To Strengthen Oversight Of Big Banks And Protect Consumers – Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley, September 25, 2024, Pressley, Green Reintroduce Bill To Strengthen Oversight Of Big Banks And Protect Consumers The bill is endorsed by Public Citizen, Americans for Financial Reform, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, American Economic Liberties Project, Fight Corporate Monopolies, California Reinvestment Coalition, Action Center on Race and the Economy, Sierra Club, Center for American

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The Wright State Guardian: Rising Rent And Dorm Prices In Dayton

The Wright State Guardian, September 26, 2024, Rising Rent And Dorm Prices In Dayton There is no doubt rent prices are increasing for Generation Z. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition says, “On average, the study found, Gen Z-ers — born between 1994 and 2000 — will spend about $145,000 on rent by their 30th birthdays,

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American Banker: Consumer Advocate, Fintechs Urge CFPB, FHFA To Adopt AI Guidance

American Banker, September 30, 2024, Consumer Advocate, Fintechs Urge CFPB, FHFA To Adopt AI Guidance The National Community Reinvestment Coalition and four fintech companies are urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to provide guidance on the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in lending, which they claim would

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GBH: To Build Housing, Boston Gives Away Land Black And Brown Families Once Owned

GBH, July 29, 2024, To Build Housing, Boston Gives Away Land Black And Brown Families Once Owned City officials say they are providing subsidies to mostly small, local and minority-owned builders to build income-restricted housing on these vacant lots. The builders will be required to employ Boston residents for the construction and make the units

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The Washington Post: How Kamala Harris Is Tackling Medical Debt — With Roy Cooper’s Help

The Washington Post, July 26, 2024, How Kamala Harris Is Tackling Medical Debt — With Roy Cooper’s Help While a record number of Americans now have health insurance, patient advocates warn that medical debt continues to be a source of financial distress. “Our estimates are that for someone in the U.S. who gets a new

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Fair Lending Report Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2023

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, June 26, 2024, Fair Lending Report Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2023 In 2023, the CFPB announced public enforcement actions against two repeat offenders for reporting false, erroneous, or incorrect HMDA data: Freedom Mortgage Corporation (Freedom Mortgage) and Bank of America, N.A. The CFPB will continue to monitor the rate

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Wall Street Journal: What Gives Poor Kids A Shot At Better Lives? Economists Find An Unexpected Answer

Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2024, What Gives Poor Kids A Shot at Better Lives? Economists Find An Unexpected Answer For all our divisions, Americans have been united by a singular obsession: How can we have a better life? Economists call this economic mobility—the ability to move up the income ladder and make it to

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American Prospect: The Corporate Wishcasting Attack On Lina Khan

American Prospect, July 26, 2024, The Corporate Wishcasting Attack On Lina Khan With all of that influence, Hoffman feels that gives him the right to dictate a potential future president’s regulatory policy. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said plainly that it’s “unacceptable” for a donor to use money to influence Harris’s personnel decisions. I probably don’t have to recount

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NBC Bay Area: Oakland Opens 100% Affordable Housing Complex

NBC Bay Area, July 16, 2024, Oakland Opens 100% Affordable Housing Complex Officials in Oakland on Tuesday celebrated the opening of a 100% affordable housing project designed for low-income and formerly incarcerated residents. The apartment complex at 1670 Seventh St., called The Black Panther, will house ground-floor businesses, with the upper levels consisting of homes

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Deseret News: Housing Market Sees Lower Costs, But Buyer Hesitancy Remains

Deseret News, July 29, 2024, Housing Market Sees Lower Costs, But Buyer Hesitancy Remains The country’s housing shortage took a hard hit in 2022, rising to a 4.5 million deficit. According to Zillow, “2023 was the strongest year for U.S. home completions since 2007, but 1.4 million additional homes aren’t enough to make a meaningful dent

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