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NCRC Testifies at CFPB Field Hearing on Small Business Lending Trends

Washington, DC – Today, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) Senior Advisor Josh Silver testified before a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) field hearing regarding small business lending trends. In the testimony, NCRC detailed the difficulties that many women-, minority-owned, and very small businesses experience accessing small business lending. NCRC also discussed the benefits of the […]

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Rural Communities and Several Major Urban Areas Bear Brunt of Bank Branch Closures Since Financial Crisis With Emergence of 86 New ‘Banking Deserts,’ NCRC Report Says

Maryland, Nevada, Georgia experience largest state-level declines in bank branches, NCRC report says. Biggest county-level declines in Baltimore County, Md.; Marion County, Ind.; Philadelphia, Pa. Click here to visit the web tool. Washington, DC – Due to the closure of more than 6,000 bank branches nationwide since the financial crisis, rural communities around the country are experiencing a troubling

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2017 NCRC Policy Agenda Individual Fact Sheets

Invest Local Defend CRA From Efforts to Weaken It Improve Accountability for CRA Activities With Tougher Bank Examinations and Timely Release of CRA Ratings Identify and Enforce Public Benefits Claimed by Banks in Mergers and Acquisitions and Require Specific Description of Public Benefits of Mergers Reduce FHA’s Mortgage Insurance Premium to Make Homeownership More Accessible

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NCRC Responds to Release of Financial CHOICE Act 2.0

Washington, DC – Today, in response to the release of the Financial CHOICE Act 2.0 by the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling, NCRC’s President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement. “This bill is a disaster in the making. It should be called the ‘The NO-CHOICE Act;’ it removes people’s access

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Policy and Advocacy: Federal Budget Campaign

Documents Budget Summary (Updated as of May 23, 2017) Resources CDBG: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/cdbg/cdbg-performance-profiles/ CDFI: https://www.cdfifund.gov/awards/state-awards/Pages/default.aspx CHOICE Neighborhood https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=implementgrantlist.pdf\ https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/cn/grants https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/cn/grantees HOME Investment https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/home/home-activities-reports/ https://www.ncsha.org/homecoalition/home-coalition-resources-by-state Prime Program: https://www.sba.gov/content/prime-grantees https://www.sba.gov/content/sba-awards-5-million-prime-grants-6 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development

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NCRC Responds to President Trump Declaring April as National Financial Capability Month

Washington, DC – Today, in response to President Trump’s declaration of April as National Financial Capability Month, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) President and CEO John Taylor made the following statement. “Through this declaration, President Trump has announced his support of financial capability for working Americans, but actions taken by him and some members

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