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April 27, 2026, The Lane Report, Louisville-area Book Drive To Support Financial Literacy  Facilitating opportunities to enhance financial literacy is an important element of First Financial’s community development strategy. First Financial has been conducting local book drives since 2022, and last year’s drive brought in 5,726 books from throughout First Financial’s footprint. First Financial also […]

April 27, 2026, American Banker, Much-Maligned Small-Business Data Rule Close To Finish Line When Vought was appointed acting director by President Trump, he said the CFPB would not comply with the 1071 rule, and then issued an interim final rule that extended the compliance deadlines by another year, to July 2026. The 2025 proposal extended compliance until January 2028.

April 23, 2026, World Today News, CFPB Finalizes Regulation B Rule Aligning With Industry-Backed Proposal on Equal Credit Opportunity Act Updates The rule also revises small business lending coverage thresholds under Regulation B, a change that could reclassify thousands of lenders as “financial institutions” subject to additional reporting requirements. According to the FDIC’s Q4 2025

April 22, 2026, American Banker, CFPB finalizes new ECOA rule in major fair lending pivot “The rule is a major step back,” said Jesse Van Tol, president and CEO of the National CommunityReinvestment Coalition. “It’s going to be much tougher to prove discrimination, at least during theTrump administration.”

April 21, 2026, Troy Today, Troy University program gains state, national attention for entrepreneurship workforce model In the same week, Troy University’s Small Business Development Center was invited to present its Start Your Business program at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Just Economy Conference in Washington, D.C., and at the Alabama Summit on Talent Retention and Work-Based Learning in Birmingham.

April 15, 2026, Inside Mortgage Finance, HUD Official Clashes With Fair Housing Advocates Craig Trainor, assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, butted heads with fair housing advocates this week at a National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference.

April 4, 2026, Afrakan, A Place of Promise Empowers Residents to Build Community Wealth in Louisville » NCRC Through its membership with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, RPOP has connected with organizations doing similar work across the country.   

April 5, 2026, The Next Web, Monzo is shutting down its US operation, and its European banking licence explains why The company faced opposition from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, among others, which argued that Monzo had not demonstrated sufficient commitment to serving local community needs.

April 7, 2026, Wolters Kluwer, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT—NCRC analyzes community reinvestment strategic plans The National Community Reinvestment Coalition has released an analysis of community reinvestment strategic plans, offering “to work with institutions to develop strategies that prioritize the needs of their communities.” The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requires financial institutions to meet the credit needs of the communities

April 8, 2026, Shelterforce, Property Taxes Aren’t the Cause of Our Housing Crisis, They’re a Solution to It LVT is also increasingly popping up in policy discussions across the country, from activist-oriented convenings like the Strong Towns Annual Gathering and YIMBYtown to practitioner-focused events like the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Just Economy Conference and regional American Planning Association events to academic forums like Wharton’s Future of

April 9, 2026, NP, Weakening the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Will Widen Inequality The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) works to close this gap by holding banks accountable under the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires them to reinvest in the communities from which they take deposits. 

April 13, 2026, The CU Daily, NCRC Welcomes Announcement on CDFI Funds, But Like CUs, Has Warning About Delays The National Community Reinvestment Coalition is welcoming the Trump administration’s move to release long-delayed community development funds, while warning that new federal requirements could undermine their impact.

April 13, 2026, Freedom Bunker, Key Events This Week: PPI, Industrial Production, Q1 Earnings, Iran War Fed Governor Barr speaks: Fed Governor Michael Barr will participate in a conversation on consumer compliance supervision and regulation at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Just Economy Conference in Washington DC.

April 15, 2026, RTT NEWS, Futures Point To Broadly Lower Open For Wall Street Fed Governor Michael Barr will participate in discussion on ‘Consumer Compliance Supervision and Regulation’ before the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Just Economy Conference at 8.30 am ET.

April 17, 2026, WDAM, Kansas City program uses developer tax law to keep low-income homeowners in their homes The National Community Reinvestment Coalition reports that the number of gentrifying urban neighborhoods increased from 246 during the 1970s to 1,807 in the 2010s.