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The Baltimore Sun, February 24, 2023, Dealing With ‘Creeping Segregation’ In Columbia The planned community of Columbia represented a clear break with segregationist practices in urban development. When it was developed in the mid-1960s, the Rouse Corporation intentionally welcomed people of all races and faiths, rejecting racial steering, redlining and discouragement of Black families searching […]

CNBC, February 23, 2023, Black Families’ Net Worth Has Grown More Than Other Racial Groups Since Covid, But Wealth Gap Remains Wide Black families saw their wealth grow more than that of non-Black households during the pandemic, but the racial wealth gap is still vast, a new study showed. The average net worth among Black

Pennsylvania Business Report, February 21, 2023, TD Bank announces plan to build on community engagement TD Bank, which has locations in 63 Pennsylvania cities and towns, announced Wednesday it would launch a five-year Community Benefits Plan that would provide an estimated $50 billion impact to its communities across the United States.  The Community Benefits Plan,

Insider Mortgage Finance, February 21, 2023, CFPB in Legal Limbo as Supreme Court Ponders Taking Case The Supreme Court justices met in private last week to consider whether to take a case involving the CFPB’s funding structure and other authorities. A decision on the case will have major ramifications for the agency.

NBC, February 9, 2023, Does Race Impact Home appraisals? A home appraisal can impact your property taxes, insurance rates and how much a home can sell for, but some homeowners fear discrimination is a factor in the process. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports on one family’s fight to get their home evaluated fairly. NCRC CEO

American Banker, February 15, 2023, TD unveils community benefits plan amid push to close First Horizon deal The agreement with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition could help the Canadian bank to secure regulatory approval for the First Horizon deal, which was announced a year ago. Last week, the two banks extended the deal’s targeted closing date by

Mashable, February 18, 2023, How to find and support Black-owned businesses — and why it’s important A 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve showed that Black families have only 10 cents for every dollar held by typical white families, and one 2017 study concluded that (of the sample size that participated) 56 percent of Black Americans

WebMD, February 16, 2023, Advocates Decry ‘Environmental Apartheid’ in Port Cities In the 1930s, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) sketched Los Angeles. Under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, the HOLC was responsible for helping Americans, crippled by the Great Depression, refinance their mortgages. To guide its investments, the HOLC took markers to maps,

M Live, February 16, 2023, Rap with Muskegon area leaders about concerns, dreams, ideas at Saturday event “Rap w/ Ya Rep,” described as a “community vision board party,” will be Saturday, Feb. 18, near downtown Muskegon. It’s hosted by 3N1Community, which is affiliated with the grassroots organization Thredz, in concert with other local groups. In

NJBIZ, February 15, 2023, TD Bank to launch $50B Community Benefits Plan In an effort to provide lending, philanthropy and banking access to diverse and underserved communities across the United States, TD Bank will launch a five-year, $50 billion Community Benefits Plan (CBP), developed with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). “The deal we just

Journal Review, February 12, 2023, Slow march towards something better, we hope By the 90s, many of us had to read “A Raisin the Sun” for high school English and it was the first we learned of covenants, codes and redlining policies, but many Americans didn’t have to read about it. They lived it. All

The Denver Post, February 12, 2023, Why does DPS have too many schools? Enrollment decline was years in the making and district saw it coming Soaring rents and home prices exacerbated the problem in northwest Denver so not only were fewer families with children moving into the Northside but they also were getting pushed out.

Journal Review, February 10, 2023, Slow March Towards Something Better, We Hope By the 90s, many of us had to read “A Raisin the Sun” for high school English and it was the first we learned of covenants, codes and redlining policies, but many Americans didn’t have to read about it. They lived it. All

CNBC, February 8, 2023, Communities Struggling with Banking Access Give Banks on Wheels a Spin Nearly 10% of all U.S. bank branches shut down between 2017 and 2021 – one-third of those closures were in majority-minority and low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, according to a report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. When the pandemic began in March