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NCRC Urges Senate Committee to Pressure OCC, FDIC to Drop Proposed Changes to CRA

By / / Press Releases / 2 minutes of reading

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs is scheduled to conduct a virtual hearing on the oversight of financial regulators, with testimony from Office of the Comptroller of Currency’s (OCC) Comptroller Joseph Otting and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Jelena McWilliams.

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Celebrating Older Americans Month During COVID-19

By / / Field Notes / 3 minutes of reading

When president John F. Kennedy designated the month of May as the first Older Americans Month in 1963 (originally called Senior Citizens Month), many older adults across the country lived in poverty, which was partly the impetus for the designation. Additionally, the designation sought to bring awareness to the needs and supports for the well-being

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Our Interconnected Health: Part 1

By / / Field Notes / 4 minutes of reading

COVID-19 has thrown many things we in public health have long been working on into stark relief for a broader audience: the importance of sufficient public health funding; the role of our physical and social surroundings in determining our health; how policies, systems and environments contribute to health inequities; and (perhaps the most visceral realization) how interconnected we all are – as individuals, communities, organizations and sectors – when it comes to health and well-being. 

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CFPB, FHFA Establish New Borrower Protection Program to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic

By / / Research / 2 minutes of reading

This month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the new Borrower Protection Program that streamlines consumer protection oversight of mortgage servicers through new data and information sharing between the program sponsors as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

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When Americans Need Safe Shelter The Most, Some Will Be Turned Away Because Of Their Gender Identity

By / / Field Notes / 5 minutes of reading

The COVID-19 crisis has increased America’s already considerable need for safe, accessible shelters. So this seems as good a time as any to point out that many domestic violence shelters and homeless shelters will flat-out reject potential residents for being transgender and/or non-binary – or place them in separate, isolated housing.

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Zo Amani

By / / About Us / 1 minute of reading

CRA Coordinator zamani@ncrc.org 202-464-2726 Zo Amani is the CRA Coordinator at NCRC. Prior to joining NCRC, Zo worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he supported the Board’s HR analytics and workforce planning functions. Additionally, he provided policy support for the Board’s Community Reinvestment Act modernization efforts and volunteered with

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NCRC, Prosperity Now Call on Congress, Trump Administration for Additional Relief Efforts

By / / Press Releases / 4 minutes of reading

Even as the Trump Administration and Congress take important but limited steps in a fourth stimulus bill to replenish funding for the Payroll Protection Program, much more must be on the table in the coming weeks for U.S. households, including homeowners, renters and the nation’s smallest enterprises, to not only prop up the U.S. economy but to ensure a reasonable economic recovery.

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