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Public Books: The Big Picture: America’s real estate developer in chief

By / / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

A native of Queens, Donald Trump was the son and heir to Fred Trump, a scrappy and ruthless developer of housing for New York’s white working and middle class. An outer-borough nativist and one-time Klan supporter, the senior Trump profited mightily from the federal government’s massive intervention in the real estate industry, which began in the Great Depression. His fortune was premised on strict racial segregation, a process whose legacies still shape the geography of urban and suburban America.

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LA Times: Completely unnecessary spat over CFPB leaves consumers out in the cold

By / / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

Los Angeles Times, Nov. 27, 2017: Completely unnecessary spat over CFPB leaves consumers out in the cold For his part, Trump tweeted over the weekend that the CFPB “has been a total disaster” that has left financial firms “devastated and unable to properly serve the public.” That, of course, is total nonsense. The CFPB has

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Next City: “Mystery Shopper” Experiment Reveals Racial Gap in Small Business Lending

By / / In the News / 1 minute of reading

Earlier this year, in a large metropolitan area of the eastern United States, two men walked into the same bank branch on the same day, each at different times of the day.

They each came in with nearly identical business backgrounds and strong credit histories, and they each asked about a small business loan of $60,000-$70,000 to expand their business and to possibly hire a part-time employee. There were some key differences, like each man’s name and their company names — and their race.

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The Economist: Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

By / / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

Has Mr Trump kept his promise to revive American manufacturing, mining and the like? A more probable explanation is that he came to office just as America began to run out of willing workers to fill all of its job vacancies. As unemployment has fallen, from over 6% in mid-2014 to 4.1% today, wage growth has gradually picked up.

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The Intercept: Wall Street Wants to Kill the Agency Protecting Americans From Financial Scams

By / / On Our Radar / 2 minutes of reading

The CFPB has emerged as that rare beast — a fast-moving agency that actually chalks up wins for average Americans. Industry’s answer has been a multimillion dollar, multi-front battle to discredit and defang the bureau, a war declared even before the enemy officially existed. Attacking the CFPB has become a growth industry in Washington. Hyperbolic, relentless, often scorchingly personal — it’s a campaign that more often than not resembles a street fight. Now the agency is vulnerable and soon to be in the hands of a Trump appointee.

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Senate plan helps banks, not the economy

By / / Press Releases / 1 minute of reading

Senate Banking Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the text of bipartisan “Economic Growth” legislation, which rolls back valuable fair lending requirements and protections from the dangerous banking practices that led to the 2008 financial crisis.

“This legislation will grow economic inequality rather than our economy, as its name suggests” said John Taylor, President and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. “In the midst of several financial scandals, politicians on both sides of the aisle have again proven that their allegiances to Wall Street far surpass their promises to Main Street.”

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House passes $5.5 trillion tax reform bill

By / / Press Releases / 1 minute of reading

“I am especially concerned by the new limitations placed on the housing sector in this tax reform, which will make it more difficult to expand our supply of affordable housing in the midst of a housing crisis. If the Senate cannot stop this terrible legislation, then they need to find another job,” said John Taylor, NCRC’s President and CEO.

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Politico: Cordray to resign from CFPB, clouding future of watchdog agency

By / / In the News / 1 minute of reading

Cordray’s departure kicks off a high-stakes scramble to secure the future of the CFPB, a powerful Washington regulator that has cheered consumers and angered businesses as well as Republicans, who have accused it of overreaching. The independent bureau is the only bank regulator not led by a Trump appointee.

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Letter in Opposition to Bill H.R. 1

By / / Testimony & Regulatory Comments / 4 minutes of reading

November 16, 2017 Dear Representative, We, the undersigned members of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), are writing to urge you to oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  Among other reasons, the bill includes several provisions that would undermine incentives in the nation’s tax code for low- and moderate-income (LMI) families to

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Director Cordray leaving the CFPB

By / / Press Releases / 1 minute of reading

“We must all hope now, that Congress and the President appoint somebody equal to or even better than Director Cordray. They must choose an appointee with a proven track record of commitment to protecting the interests of the people, not the industry. For the CFPB to have anybody lesser, would undermine both the spirit and intention of this agency” said John Taylor, President and CEO of NCRC.

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Next City: Three U.S. Banks Make $20 Billion Community Reinvestment Promise

By / / In the News / 1 minute of reading

Three banks in three different regions collectively promised nearly $20 billion in home mortgages, small business loans, community development financing, and charitable contributions, as part of negotiations that included hundreds of community-based organizations in each region that were completed over the past month.

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Low interest rate fuels rise of home loans to military veterans

By / / On Our Radar / 1 minute of reading

A record number of veterans and service members are buying homes with loans financed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. About 80 percent of VA Loan borrowers do not put down money when buying a house. But less than 1 percent of VA loans were in foreclosure as of June, according to the Mortgage Bankers

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