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Report: Black-owned Small Businesses Are Keystones in the Cultural Foundation of Historically Black Neighborhoods in the District of Columbia and Baltimore.

The pandemic and rapid social changes brought many challenges for a group of Black business owners in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, but even so they emphasized the role of their businesses in maintaining the cultural vibrancy of their communities.

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FHFA Announces New Refinance Options for Low-Income Families on GSE-backed mortgages

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) yesterday approved new refinance options for low-income borrowers, allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs) to offer new loan products that will bring lower interest rates and lower monthly payments within reach for more lower-income households.

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PNC Bank, NCRC announce $88 Billion community investment commitment

PNC Bank and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) announced today the creation of a four-year, $88 billion community benefits plan that will increase financial resources to low- and moderate-income (LMI) people and communities across the bank’s entire national footprint. 

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NCRC statement on American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2021 (S. 1368, H.R. 2768)

Strengthening and expanding the reach of the Community Reinvestment Act and duties to serve throughout the financial sector has to be at the forefront of policy questions about racial equity, the racial wealth gap and expanding financial inclusion for lower income communities.

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NCRC statement on the confirmation of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta

On Wednesday (April 21, 2021), the U.S. Senate confirmed Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General, the third-highest position inside the Justice Department, where she is expected to play a leading role in investigating police brutality and other civil rights matters.

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NCRC Applauds HUD’s Effort to Reinstate Critical Fair Housing Rules

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) took action to reinstate the critical 2013 Discriminatory Effects Rule which helps prevent discriminatory practices, and restore crucial portions of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule which ensures that communities that receive federal funds take steps to eliminate barriers to fair housing.

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HUD Secretary Fudge to Speak at 2021 Just Economy Conference

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge will be a featured speaker at the 2021 Just Economy Conference, which will be held online beginning May 3. Other confirmed speakers include U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

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Report: For Black business owners, economic recovery is hobbled by Pre- Existing Conditions and Inequality

Black America was in an economic crisis before COVID-19, and recovery for Black-owned businesses will require solutions to the economic preconditions that made success and wealth accumulation so difficult to achieve before the pandemic, a new report found.

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Just Economy Conference speakers announced: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will be featured speakers at the 2021 Just Economy Conference, which will be held online beginning May 3.

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