Memphis – Fair Lending Report
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NCRC comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, AFFH: Streamlining and Enhancements
March 16, 2020 Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel Rules Docket Clerk Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, D.C. 20410-0500 Re: Docket No. FR-6123-P-02 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements Dear Assistant Secretary Farias: On behalf of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC),
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The CRA Evaluation Measures Would Allow Banks to Relax their Retail Lending to LMI Borrowers and Communities
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have proposed changes that would dramatically alter the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination of banks. Their proposal would create a metric, called the CRA evaluation measure, that would be the dominant measure for determining a bank’s rating. As long as a
Jacksonville Metro Area
Jacksonville Metro Area NCRC Members can request custom reports like this one. Email Jason Richardson jrichardson@ncrc.org for more information.
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Lehigh and Northampton Counties
Lehigh & Northampton Counties NCRC Members can request custom reports like this one. Email Jason Richardson jrichardson@ncrc.org for more information.
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Mahoning and Trumbull Counties
Mahoning & Trumbull Counties NCRC Members can request custom reports like this one. Email Jason Richardson jrichardson@ncrc.org for more information.
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Racial Wealth Snapshot: African Americans and the Racial Wealth Divide
Download Infographic Defining African American Though a term that has personal meanings and different connotations for many, “African American” is defined by the U.S. Census as “a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa,” and used synonymously with the simple term “Black.” These African roots can be found in an array
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Proposed Changes to CRA Puts Billions in Lending at Risk Each Year
Nearly $3 trillion in home and small business loans from banks went to low- and moderate-income (LMI) borrowers and communities over the last decade. Proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which requires banks to make loans in all of the communities where they take deposits, including poor ones, could significantly decrease this lending,
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NCRC Research Memo – Impact of Proposed Rule-Making on Major Credit-Card Lending Banks
NCRC analysis of OCC & FDIC proposal indicates credit card lenders may have reduced incentive to make community development investments. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently proposed a rulemaking (NPRM) that would radically change the manner in which retail lending, consumer lending and community development (CD) activities
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Age-Friendly Banking and the OCC and FDIC’s Proposed Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act
(Download) In December 2019, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would considerably weaken the regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a law designed to combat redlining by requiring banks to affirmatively and continually meet community needs
How to Consider Community Development Financing Outside of Assessment Areas by Designating Underserved Counties
(Download) Introduction Under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations, CRA examiners evaluate a bank’s record of responding to credit and banking needs in local communities in which it has branches. These areas are referred to as assessment areas (AAs). Over the years, industry stakeholders have sought to engage in community development financing in geographical areas
CRA reform proposals would count sports stadiums as community development!
Under the proposed Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), financing to improve stadiums located in low- and moderate-income (LMI) areas that are designated Opportunity Zones (OZ) would be credited to a bank, improving their CRA ratings. NCRC examined the
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For the Trump Administration: Affordable housing means middle-income housing for counties with 43 million people
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are proposing regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that make it easier for banks to get an “Outstanding” rating while underserving people and communities with low- and moderate-incomes (LMI) that it was meant to help. Under the