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NCRC launches publishing series on Segregation, Environment and Health

By NCRC / September 17, 2020 / Field Notes, Press Releases / 2 minutes of reading

National Findings Affirm Local Experiences Last week, a team of researchers from NCRC, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Public Health and University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab produced a report with maps and data from 142 cities that showed how historic discrimination in lending and investing in entire neighborhoods correlates with shorter life expectancy […]

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CFPB proposed changes to small business lending data a step in the right direction

By NCRC / September 16, 2020 / Press Releases / 2 minutes of reading

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released yesterday an outline of proposals under consideration to collect data on lending to small businesses and help identify and address discrimination.

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NCRC Hires Tom Feltner as New Director of Policy

By NCRC / September 15, 2020 / Press Releases / 2 minutes of reading

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition has hired Tom Feltner as Director of Policy. He will lead NCRC’s policy agenda and advocacy in pursuit of a Just Economy.

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NCRC, Morgan Stanley announce $15 billion plan to increase lending and investments in lower-income communities

By NCRC / September 10, 2020 / Press Releases / 6 minutes of reading

Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced a $15 billion, four-year community benefits plan that will increase the financial services company’s lending and investments in lower-income communities.

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Marisa Calderon

By NCRC / September 10, 2020 / About Us / 3 minutes of reading

Chief of Community Finance and Mobility mcalderon@ncrc.org 202-464-2707 Marisa Calderon is an experienced executive who is regularly recognized, awarded and cited nationwide for her expertise in the housing and financial services industries. She has over two decades of experience dedicated to the issues of economic mobility and bridging America’s racial wealth gap. Marisa Calderon is

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Mapping Inequality: There were no dog whistles, the racism was loud and clear.

By Robert K. Nelson / September 10, 2020 / Views / 6 minutes of reading

It’s not too simple to say that governmental housing policies that endorsed and promoted segregation and racism had a profound and lasting legacy that we can still see in the landscape of American cities today.

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Study: More chronic disease, shorter lifespans and greater risk factors for COVID-19 in neighborhoods that were redlined 80 years ago

By NCRC / September 10, 2020 / Press Releases / 6 minutes of reading

Before the pandemic devastated minority communities, banks and government officials starved them of capital.

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Environmental Justice and COVID-19: Some are Living in a Syndemic

By Rita T. Harris / September 10, 2020 / Views / 14 minutes of reading

Like most American cities, Memphis has a long history of racist housing and environmental policies. As this report from NCRC and its university partners shows, this history has real world impacts today, resulting in worse health outcomes for Black neighborhoods, shorter lifespans, poorer overall health and greater risk of several complications due to COVID-19.

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Grandparents: A Renewed Role as Parents To Grandchildren

By Roxana Ruiz / September 9, 2020 / Field Notes / 3 minutes of reading

With Grandparents Day fast approaching this Sunday, September 13, is a time to honor the role grandparents play, as well as call attention to the adverse effects the current coronavirus pandemic poses to older adults.

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NCRC Condemns HUD’s Disparate Impact Rule

By NCRC / September 4, 2020 / Press Releases / 3 minutes of reading

The Trump Administration has attacked one of the most vital pieces of civil rights legislation, the Fair Housing Act, on multiple fronts in the last several weeks. They gutted the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule that enforces fairness in housing. Now, they are effectively eliminating the disparate impact standard in fair housing cases.

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Will local resolutions against racism make a difference?

By Marjanna Smith and Karen Kali / September 3, 2020 / Field Notes / 6 minutes of reading

As COVID-19 disproportionately affects BIPOC and police violence perpetuates devastation to families and communities of color, local governments across the country are acknowledging racism as a public health crisis through public declarations.

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CRA for the Securities Industry: A Tool for Combating Wealth Inequality and for Increasing Accountability

By Josh Silver / September 2, 2020 / Views / 8 minutes of reading

If it remains confined to banks, CRA will miss opportunities to make sure that securities services are offered equitably to low- and moderate-income communities.

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A Just Economy requires a new Civil Rights movement

By Maxim Applegate / August 27, 2020 / Field Notes / 5 minutes of reading

Richard Rothstein outlines what’s necessary to reproach residential segregation in NCRC’s Just Economy Series.

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Expanding CRA to Non-Bank Lenders and Insurance Companies

By Josh Silver / August 27, 2020 / Views / 9 minutes of reading

if the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) remains confined to banks, our nation’s underserved neighborhoods will have a harder time revitalizing. Banks are one part of the total financial industry and a shrinking part at that.

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Lending Discrimination Faced by Same-Sex Couples in the Mortgage Arena

By Anneliese Lederer and Jake Lilien / August 19, 2020 / Views / 4 minutes of reading

LGBTQ+ Americans are less likely to own their homes when compared to their straight, cisgender counterparts, and they are more likely to experience financial hardship.

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