Any GSE reform that abolishes or weakens affordable-housing goals will be disastrous for millennials. NCRC CEO Jesse Van Tol confirms why he believes Rep. Hensarling’s criticism of low-down-payment loans is wrong.
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African Americans pay more in rent for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than white tenants do — a gap that increases the whiter a neighborhood becomes
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The mass evictions of entire buildings and affordable apartment complexes have become dangerously commonplace in Philadelphia, requiring tailored strategies and interventions.
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NCRC forecasts that changes proposed by current federal regulators to weaken the Community Reinvestment Act could result in the loss of up to $105 billion a year in home lending and small business lending to low- and moderate-income areas
U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?
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Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, launched a $2 billion fund to help homeless families and create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities
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“For the average consumer, the biggest thing that has changed is it’s a lot clearer at the closing table what kind of loan you’re getting and what you can expect to pay over the life of the loan, and that’s a very good thing,” said Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
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When John Taylor starts remembering the years leading up to the financial crisis, his fury wells up all over again.
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On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced its next president: Dr. Leana Wen, the Baltimore health commissioner and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s cuts to public health programs.
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Reforms have strengthened the financial system. Banks have bolstered their balance sheets. Regulators now examine financial institutions once a year to make sure they can weather a downturn.
John Taylor, the CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, credited Sloan with launching a stakeholder advisory council last year but conceded he’s worried about “another shoe to drop” at Wells Fargo and can’t say for sure if Sloan is the right person for the job.
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“Landlords have the right to say no, and that is of great concern because we consider it a form of discrimination.”
DC is whiter than than it was nearly 40 years ago. But it’s more Hispanic, and more Asian, too.
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Homeownership is the foundation of wealth building in America. Without it, the racial wealth gap is growing” says Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition
A study released earlier this year by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition showed 75 percent of “redlined” neighborhoods continue to struggle and still are much more likely to include lower-income, minority residents.
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