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Black Enterprise, May 16, 2025, Black Residents ‘Displaced By Design’ In ATL Gentrification War Over the past five decades, a mass infiltration of new residents has led to the displacement of thousands of Black residents. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) study, “Displaced By Design: Fifty Years of Gentrification and Black Cultural Displacement in U.S. Cities,” finds that between

The Telegraph, May 14, 2025, New Report Maps Decades-long Racial Shift In Atlanta Neighborhoods Data released Wednesday by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition says, among the nation’s major metropolitan areas, Atlanta had the second highest number of Census tracts flip from majority Black to majority white between 1980 and 2020. The report attempts to quantify

Audacy, May 14, 2025, Philadelphia Featured In New Report Tracking Pace Of Gentrification Across Major US Cities The National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s report finds that overall, gentrification across the United States over the past 50 years has been rare, impacting 15% of urban neighborhoods, but it is increasing. Bruce Mitchell, principal researcher with NCRC, says between 1980

The Tennessean, May 14, 2025, Nashville Experiencing Most ‘intense’ Gentrification In US, New Report Says Nashville exhibited the most “intense” gentrification of any U.S. city between 2010 and 2020, beating out cities with long histories of racial and cultural displacement like Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a National Community Reinvestment

American Banker, May 12, 2025, Tax Bill Keeps Credit Union Tax Exemption, But Threat Remains Community reinvestment advocates are a bit less certain. Advocates like Jesse Van Tol of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition says while he understands some of the critiques about the largest credit unions, fully eliminating the tax exemption could have negative

Modern Diplomacy, May 8, 2025, This Isn’t a Flaw in the System—It Is the System One of the most glaring manifestations of systemic racism is the racial wealth gap between African-Americans and white Americans. According to a recent article published by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), the median wealth of Black households is just $9,000,

News Break, May 6, 2025, How Income Inequality Is Redrawing the Map of American Neighborhoods Gentrification can bring improvements like renovated housing, new businesses, and safer streets, but it can also result in the displacement of long-time lower-income residents who can no longer afford the area. According to a study by the National Community Reinvestment

Common Dreams, May 5, 2025, Warren Asks the Fed to Reconsider Approval of Capital One-Discover Merger This aspect of the merger is without clear precedent and raises concerns about competition, according to Jesse Van Tol, the chief executive of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a group that is opposed to the deal, who spoke to The New York

American Banker, May 1, 2025, Banks Slow To Follow Trump’s Lead On Disparate Impact “Historically, we’ve seen a bit of a ping-pong match, back and forth, between Democratic and Republican officials,” said National Community Reinvestment Coalition President Jesse Van Toll, “which likely would have the effect of many companies continuing to analyze their lending from a disparate

American Banker, May 1, 2025, Trump’s CFPB Guts Rule Mandating Small Business Loan Data Jesse Van Tol, president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said the 1071 rule was passed by Congress and that the CFPB “must enforce it.” “We are a country made of rule of law, and the CFPB can’t simply gut

Nonprofit Quarterly, April 30, 2025, Advocates Respond to Civil Rights Rollback at National Conference This year’s Just Economy Conference of 1,300 community development advocates, held by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) was unlike any other. Having taken place at the nation’s capital at the end of March, for many, the event marked the first national meeting

The New York Times, April 18, 2025, Merger of Capital One and Discover, Two Credit Card Giants, Wins Approval “The feds got this one wrong — so it falls to state attorneys general to intervene against the harmful, anticompetitive Capital One-Discover merger,” Jesse Van Tol, the chief executive of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said

Banking Dive, April 17, 2025, Trump Fires NCUA Board’s 2 Democrats “The president can’t just fire people the Congress confirmed for years-long terms,” Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said in a statement Wednesday. “The Constitution isn’t a set of suggestions. It’s a framework for responsible government built on co-equal branches with

Goodgoodgood, April 14, 2025, This City Purchased 347 Market-rate Apartment Units To Convert Them Into Affordable Housing A 13-year study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found that gentrification impacted at least 135,000 Americans, with Black and Hispanic communities facing the highest rates of displacement in major cities.  Seven cities accounted for nearly half of the gentrification

Businesswire, April 10, 2025, Affirm Joins MoreThanFair to Advance Inclusive, Transparent Lending “We’re excited Affirm is joining MoreThanFair. They will bring fresh perspectives on the market that can bolster our efforts to advance faster progress toward a more inclusive and affordable credit system for all,” said Nat Hoopes, Vice President and Head of Government &