Manan Shah is a Policy Advisor at NCRC with his portfolio focusing on CDFI advocacy, banking reform, and tax policy. In his past four years at NCRC, Manan has mobilized NCRC’s grassroots members to advocate for concrete policy solutions that expand affordable housing, increase investment in small businesses, and ultimately, reduce racial wealth divides in […]
OZ 2.0 will shape the community investment landscape for the next decade. The process is competitive and time-sensitive. Members who act early, build strong cases and engage state decision-makers will be best positioned to direct investment to the communities that need it most.
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Opportunity Zones 2.0 (OZ 2.0) is an updated federal investment incentive program created under the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). It provides tax benefits to encourage private investment in low-income census tracts. OZ 2.0 will shape the community investment landscape for the next decade. The process is competitive and time-sensitive. Members who act
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“I have been advocating on the Hill for more than 30 years,” said Carol Johnson, NCRC board chair and civil rights attorney. “Every visit reminds me of something essential: the freedom we each have to petition our government and hold our leaders accountable for the decisions that shape our daily lives […] especially when the
Opportunity Zones 2.0: What You Need to Know and How to Act Now April 2026 Opportunity Zones 2.0: What You Need to Know and How to Act Now April 2026 P What Are Opportunity Zones 2.0? Opportunity Zones 2.0 (OZ 2.0) is an updated federal investment incentive program created under the 2025 One Big Beautiful
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently posted a policy notice that would prevent legal permanent residents, such as immigrants with green cards, from accessing any SBA financing product effective March 1, 2026. Legal permanent residents are authorized to live and work in the US. To receive an SBA-backed loan, the SBA now requires small businesses to be 100% owned by US citizens or nationals. This is an abrupt reversal from SBA’s original policy notice released this past December, which would have allowed small businesses that were 100% owned by legal permanent residents to access SBA financing
On February 3, President Trump signed H.R.7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 into law, which will fund most of the federal government until September 30. The package included five of the six remaining appropriations bills and corresponding earmarks that Congress had not yet passed: Financial Services and General Government State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Defense Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Transportation,
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The federal government shutdown that began on October 1 created immediate uncertainty for millions of households that rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Although the shutdown has ended, the disruption revealed how fragile our nation’s food assistance infrastructure really is. A single lapse in federal funding brought SNAP to the brink of severe
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