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Industry members of the Innovation Council urge regulatory stabilization at the CFPB

(Download) March 19, 2025 Majority Leader John Thune United States Senate SD-511 Washington, D.C. 20510 Minority Leader Charles Schumer 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Industry Support for the Rapid Confirmation of a Permanent Director of the CFPB To the Honorable Majority Leader Thune and Honorable Minority Leader Schumer, As members of […]

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NCRC and CDFI Members Urge Congress to Protect the CDFI Fund From Elimination

(Download) March 21, 2025 Senator Mark Warner Senator Mike Crapo Senator Thom Tillis, Chairman, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Ranking Member, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Rep. Andy Barr, Chairman, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Rep. Bill Foster, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Dear Senator Warner and Senator Crapo; Chairman Tillis

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NCRC Comment Letter in Opposition to Stellantis Bank USA Application for Deposit Insurance

March 15, 2025 Paul Worthing Regional Director San Francisco FDIC 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA, 94105-2780 CRACommentCollector@FDIC.GOV Re: National Community Reinvestment Coalition Opposition to Federal Deposit Insurance Application for Stellantis Bank USA Director Worthing: We appreciate the opportunity to comment on Stellantis’ application for deposit insurance as part of

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NCRC and Member Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing Cuts to HUD Funding

(Download) Congressman Steve Womack, Chair Congressman James E. Clyburn, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies House Committee on Appropriations Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chair Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Senate Committee on Appropriations VIA EMAIL March 10, 2025 Dear Chairs Womack,

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The Federal Workforce, The Creation of the Black Middle Class, and its Tenuous Future: A Black History Month Reflection

In 1926, historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) established Negro History Week to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans and to foster a sense of collective memory for a people facing constant dehumanization. The ASALH has chosen the theme of “African

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NCRC’s Sign-on Letter About Proposed Cuts to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development

(Download) Congressman Steve Womack, Chair Congressman James E. Clyburn, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies House Committee on Appropriations Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chair Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies Senate Committee on Appropriations VIA EMAIL February 27, 2025 Dear Chairs Womack,

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Sign On Letter To Protect Annual Funding For The CDFI Fund

(Download) February 18, 2025 The Honorable Bill Hagerty Chair Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government US Senate 251 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable David Joyce Chair Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services & General Government US House of Representatives 2065 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jack

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Request for Proposals (RFP): Instructors for the National Training Academy

(Download) Date Issued: February 24, 2025 Submission Deadline: March 10, 2025 Contact for Inquiries and Submissions: Jacelyn Matthews, Director National Training Academy, instructorrfps@ncrc.org Overview The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to making a Just Economy a local reality and national priority. Through research, advocacy, and training, NCRC empowers stakeholders

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NCRC Memo on Final FHFA Affordable Housing Goal Rule for 2025-2027

(Download) December 23, 2024 TO: NCRC members and allies FROM: Josh Silver, Senior Fellow RE: Final FHFA Affordable Housing Goals Rule for 2025-2027 Dear Colleagues: On December 19, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its final affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, known as Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) for the years 2025 –

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NCRC Memo on Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s 2025-2027 Equitable and Underserved Markets Plan

(Download) On November 25, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans and Underserved Markets Plans for 2025 through 2027.[1] These plans are similar to bank reinvestment requirements except that the FHFA does not evaluate and rate Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s performance. Instead, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac submit

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Video: Just Economy Conversations: Preserving Homeownership and Wealth Creation by Addressing Heirs’ Property and Tangled Titles

Online Event Archive Recorded: November 7, 2024 This webinar, Preserving Homeownership and Wealth Creation by Addressing Heirs’ Property and Tangled Titles, provides an overview of residential heirs’ property, which is created when a property owner dies without a will or another form of estate planning and the property is transferred to their descendants as undivided

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Video: The HMDA Longitudinal Dataset: Tracking Mortgage Lending 1981-2021

Online Event Archive Recorded: October 2, 2024 NCRC Principal Researcher Bruce Mitchell presented the HMDA Longitudinal Data Set (HLD), a comprehensive mortgage lending dataset from 1981 to 2021. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, HLD standardizes mortgage data to 2010 census boundaries, enabling consistent comparisons over four decades. The dataset includes mortgage originations by

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NCRC Comment on Third Party Guidance for Bank-Fintech Arrangements

(Download) October 15, 2024 RE: Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements Involving Banking Products and Services Distributed to Consumers and Businesses To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the recent interagency guidance on third party relationships and the follow-up request for information (RFI) on bank partnerships with fintechs (non-bank financial

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NCRC’s Comment on Proposed Affordable Housing Goals for 2025-2027

(Download) October 21, 2024 RE: 2025–2027 Enterprise Housing Goals To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) proposed affordable housing goals for 2025 through 2027. NCRC applauds some of the goals as pushing the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) to consistently

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