Watch NCRC chief operating officer Jim Carr moderate a panel discussion on the state of the US financial system with Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Rob Solow.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                       Contact: Jesse Van Tol (202) 464-2709 April 23, 2009                                                                                                       jvantol@ncrc.org Mortgage Reform Critical to Restoring Trust and Integrity to the Financial System Washington, DC –Today the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on H.R. 1728, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act

 Click here to read NCRC’s testimony  Click here to read the press release

Click here to read portions of Jim Carr’s speech at the University of Baltimore Law School that was featured in the Baltimore Sun.  His speech focuses on the foreclosure crisis and using NCRC’s HELP Now proposal to accomplish broad-scale modification of troubled loans.

  Watch NCRC members and a leading panel of experts, including Robert Kuttner, who helped draft the Community Reinvestment Act, discuss the state of the national economy and the need for comprehensive legislative measures to stem the foreclosure crisis, eliminate reckless and irresponsible lending practices, and restore trust and integrity to the financial system. Moderated

  Watch Jim Carr, NCRC chief operating officer, with moderator Mary Jo Walsh.