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Nonprofit Quarterly, November 7, 2025, CDFI Movement Responds to Latest Trump Threat One further effect may be more subtle: A more constrained federal policy environment could make CDFIs more dependent on banking allies whose values may not always be fully aligned with their values. According to Next City,  at the OFN conference held in Washington,

The Washington Informer, January 21, 2026, Black Unemployment Reaches 7.5% Nationwide as New Report Warns D.C. Faces Sharpening Risks Released this week by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession” examines how 2025 marked a year of economic reversal for Black America, driven by

The Progressive Magazine, January 27, 2026, Save This Law That Helps Add Affordable Housing During my thirty-year career as a senior policy analyst at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an association of 700 community organizations, I have witnessed relatively few moments when the national dialogue has fixated as it has now on housing affordability. 

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 6, 2025, 1977 law that effectively ended redlining is overdue for updates, new book author argues Silver, who worked for The National Community Reinvestment Coalition for more than 30 years, said the law provides an accountability mechanism and has increased lending in traditionally underserved, formally redlined communities.  But he added the

John Kennedy, January 29, 2026, Kennedy, Kim reintroduce bill to close “shadow banking” loophole and ensure a fair banking system Americans for Financial Reform, the Bank Policy Institute, the Center for Responsible Lending, the Consumer Federation of America, America’s Credit Unions, Independent Community Bankers of America, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the National Consumer Law Center,

Sun Reporter, January 23, 2026, Economic Rollbacks Hit Bay Area Black Workers Hard Released this week, State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession draws on research from the Joint Center and partners including United for a Fair Economy, the Center for Economic Policy Research, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition,

VitalLaw, October 28, 2025, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT—ABA, NCRC offer opposing views on CRA regs in comments on EGRPRA review The American Bankers Association (ABA) and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) have provided comments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on the regulatory burden

The Huntington News, February 2, 2026, Op-ed: Zootopia 2 is closer to real life than we may think According to the “Displacement by Design” report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, or NCRC, over the past 50 years, gentrification has risen and present in 15% of urban neighborhoods. While this may not sound like a high percentage,

City Journal, Winter 2026, The Cost of Crime This should matter more to progressive policymakers, who largely attribute the racial wealth gap to disparities in homeownership. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, for example, notes: “For most families, their home is the primary way they store and build wealth. The Black–White homeownership gap is therefore the primary

Get Out of Debt, February 4, 2026, CFPB Shut Down: What It Means for Your Debt Protection As Jesse Van Tol, President of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, put it: shutting down the CFPB “means inviting scammers and swindlers into working families’ bank accounts.”

Press Forward, February 4, 2026, Increasing access to capital for community media enterprises The Media Resilience Fund emerged from a partnership between URL Media – a national infrastructure leader driving innovation, scale, and economic inclusion across community media – and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), with support from Rebuild Local News and Press Forward.

Bloomberg, October 9, 2025, Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks Jesse Van Tol, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a nonprofit that pressures banks to do more business in underserved communities, often by fighting bank mergers, praised Fifth Third’s CEO. “Tim Spence has an interest in financial inclusion that is uncommon for

Stateline, October 3, 2025, Economists say job losses likely, even as shutdown delays report Black unemployment, which has spiked from 4.8% in April 2023 to 7.5% in August, has likely increased again, said Joseph Dean, who monitors it for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which encourages more investment in underserved communities. “If there were a jobs report,

American Banker, October 2, 2025, CFPB officially delays small-business reporting rule “Today’s rule delays implementation by at least another year, adding up to 16 years since the underlying statute was passed by Congress in 2010,” said Jesse Van Tol, president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. “Every year of delay means more small

RISMedia, September 30, 2025, As Government Shutdown Looms, Mortgage, Real Estate Pros Brace for Potential Disruptions Some of these agencies are already reeling from earlier federal staffing cuts, including the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Veterans Affairs and Agriculture. Employees at these agencies work with lenders to process FHA, VA and USDA mortgages,