Testimony & Regulatory Comments

(Download) The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate S-230, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable  Chuck Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate S-221, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives […]

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),

(Download) December 13, 2019 The Honarable Nita Lowey 2365 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20005 The Honorable Kay Granger 1026 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20005 The Honorable Richard Shelby 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20005 The Honorable Patrick Leahy 437 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20005 Dear Chairs and Ranking

December 9, 2019 Ms. Kathy Kraninger Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G. St. NW Washington DC, 20552 Dear Director Kraninger: Widely available and accessible Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data has been instrumental to achieving the statutory purpose of HMDA of assessing whether lending institutions are serving the housing and credit needs of communities.

(Download) December 9, 2019 RE: Docket ID OCC-2019-0021, Loans to Small Businesses and Small Farms To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), an association of more than 600 community-based organizations that promote access to basic banking services, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, job creation and vibrant communities for America’s working families, suggests that

I’ve been asked to talk about the importance of small business data. I want to begin by sounding a warning we should all head. The income inequality in our country, the highest of any industrialized nation and the highest it has been in 50 years, is a festering calamity building towards an explosion of American

CFPB Symposium on Section 1071 Introduction – Importance of Small Business Loan Data The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the importance of data in understanding and monitoring the small business lending market. NCRC is an association of 600 community-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to increasing access to credit and capital

(Download) October 18, 2019 Office of General Counsel Rules Docket Clerk Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, D.C. 20410-0001 Re:       Docket No. HUD-2019-0067 FR-6111-P-02 HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard Dear Assistant Secretary Farias: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is committed to

October 15, 2019 Comment on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) Concerning HMDA Data Points Docket No. CFPB-2019-0020 To Whom It May Concern: The undersigned organizations (55 national and local organizations) oppose any dilution or diminishment of the new and enhanced Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) variables added by the 2015 final rule issued by

October 15, 2019 Docket No. CFPB-2019-0021 or RIN 3170-AA76 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, HMDA Reporting Thresholds To Whom it May Concern: The undersigned organizations (214 national and local organizations) oppose the proposal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to exempt thousands of lending institutions from reporting the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. As