Ending Redlining and Discrimination against Communities of Color and Modest-Income Neighborhoods

Join NCRC Senior Fellow Josh Silver as he discusses his new book, “Ending Redlining through a Community-Centered Reform of the Community Reinvestment Act.” 

This book talk will explain:

• What is redlining and how it devastates communities
• How and why CRA was devised as a means to rectify redlining through community empowerment
• The successes and limitations of CRA in increasing lending and investment
• An overview of the legislative and regulatory history of CRA since its enactment in 1977
• Recommendations for updates to CRA, its application to other industries and the current threats to CRA

About the Author

With decades of experience in the CRA and fair lending field, Josh Silver spent most of his time as Vice President of Research and Policy and as a Senior Fellow with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition but also worked for Manna, Inc., a local nonprofit housing development organization based in the District of Columbia, and for the Urban Institute, a think tank also based in the District of Columbia.