NCRC Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Standard & Poor’s
NCRC Files a Discrimination Complaint Against Standard & Poor’s Seeking to Obtain Relief for Consumers Harmed by the Credit Rating Agency’s Allegedly Negligent Behavior.
NCRC to Testify Before House Financial Services Committee
NCRC President and CEO John Taylor will testify on behalf of NCRC tomorrow afternoon before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services regarding the use of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Click Here to Read the Testimony
NCRC COO Jim Carr on the Future of the Housing Market
In a recent interview with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on the future of the housing market, NCRC Chief Operating Officer Jim Carr responded to questions about which housing policies would best meet the challenges presented by the foreclosure crisis. Read the full article here.
Town Hall Updates
At events in more than 30 cities across the country, community organizations are coming together with NCRC and USAction to call on local leaders and Congress to enact solutions to the economic crisis. These solutions focus on foreclosure prevention efforts and on stabilizing neighborhoods that have been disproportionately affected by the foreclosure collapse. › Click
NCRC COO Remarks to the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
NCRC COO Remarks to the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
David Berenbaum | American Banker Op-Ed 060210
David Berenbaum | American Banker Op-Ed
“Searching For Answers To Wall Street’s Debacle”
John Taylor, president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Stan Liebowitz, professor of economics at the University of Texas at Dallas, discuss the causes of the financial crisis on NPR’s "Searching For Answers To Wall Street’s Debacle".
NCRC Funding Announcement
NCRC is seeking affiliates nationally that are dedicated housing counseling agencies to provide expanded foreclosure prevention counseling to delinquent borrowers throughout the United States.
High Cost Lending on Indian Reservations – Watch Out if You Are Buying a Home (06/2003)
 High Cost Lending on Indian Reservations – Watch Out if You Are Buying a Home
The Broken Credit System: Discrimination and Unequal Access to Affordable Loans by Race and Age
 The Broken Credit System: Discrimination and Unequal Access to Affordable Loans by Race and Age
Homeownership and Wealth Building Impeded (04/2006)
 Homeownership and Wealth Building Impeded
The 2004 Fair Lending Disparities: Stubborn and Persistent (04/2005)
 The 2004 Fair Lending Disparities: Stubborn and Persistent
The 2005 Fair Lending Disparities: Stubborn and Persistent II (05/2006)
 The 2005 Fair Lending Disparities: Stubborn and Persistent II
Inequalities in Small Business Lending by Income and Race of Neighborhood (10/2004)
 Inequalities in Small Business Lending by Income and Race of Neighborhood
NCRC COO Jim Carr Speaks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
In a recent speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jim Carr, NCRC’s Chief Operating Officer, offered some thoughts on the future of the housing market. Jim prefaced his housing policy recommendations with a discussion of the current foreclosure crisis that he argues will impact housing and community development for years to come–particularly as
The CRA and Fair Lending Performance of Major Banks in New Orleans (06/2008)
 The CRA and Fair Lending Performance of Major Banks in New Orleans
NCRC Files Comments to Treasury Regarding Reform of GSEs
This week, NCRC filed comments to the US Department of Treasury and US Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding the future of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), the regulation of the housing finance system, and the role of government in the finance system. Click here to download the Comments as a PDF
NCRC Files Comments to SEC Seeking Greater Rating Agency Accountability
This week, NCRC filed comments to the SEC regarding proposed rules that will address how rating agencies are regulated. These comments follow NCRC’s letter to the SEC in April asking for an investigation of the practices of the nation’s largest rating agency companies. Click here to read NCRC’s filed comments, as well as its April
NCRC Testifies and Makes Recommendations on Fair Housing
NCRC Chief Operating Officer James Carr gave testimony today before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, calling for the establishment of a new cabinet level agency focused on civil rights enforcement, the creation of an interagency National Fair Housing Plan and an expansion
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