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July 31, 2026, Scotsman Guide, Proposal To Overhaul Fair Lending Rules Draws Housing Industry Backlash The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) said in a statement that the proposal would “drastically weaken banks’ obligation to meet the credit needs of low- and moderate-income communities.” Jesse Van Tol, NCRC’s president and CEO, said that instead of helping

July 31, 2026, TheStreet, A New Federal Rule Just Made Small-Business Credit Invisible Rise Economy, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Main Street Alliance, and Iowa business owner ReShonda Young sued the Bureau and Acting Director Russell Vought in Washington federal court in July 2025, represented by Democracy Forward.

July 31, 2026, AP News, Regulators Propose Overhaul To Law Governing How Banks Lend To Low-And-Middle Income Communities In a summary of the changes, the bank regulators said these changes would ensure community development grants “are not diverted to activist causes or consumed by excessive operating costs.” Banks would also need to collect more detailed

July 31, 2026, American Banker, Trump Admin Revamp Of Anti-Redlining Law Targets Activist Groups “This is going to result in a significant decrease in bank investment and lending in working class communities across the country, but especially in rural areas,” said Jesse Van Tol, National Community Reinvestment Coalition CEO and president. “Small banks will no

July 30, 2026, PR Newswire, Huntington Bank Commits $80 Billion to Support Affordable Housing, Small Businesses and Local Communities Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq:?HBAN) today announced a new $80 billion Community Plan. The plan will help improve financial opportunities for consumers, businesses and communities with a focus on affordable housing, small business and community development investments. Huntington shaped the plan

July 22, 2026, PoliticoPro, Trump Bank Regulators Eye Rewrite Of Low-Income Lending Rules Jesse Van Tol, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said reopening the regulation under the Trump administration risks weakening the law and reducing banks’ obligations to lower-income communities. “We’ve seen efforts to go after virtually every other rule that was created

July 26, 2026, The Tennessean, Why Nashville’s Gentrification Debate Is Becoming More Urgent Less than a year after that conversation, I got a story pitch from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which had come out with a nationwide report naming Nashville as the most “intensely” gentrifying city in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020.

July 22, 2026, Investing.com, First Merchants Earnings On Deck As Merger Integration Test Looms In the first quarter, First Merchants posted adjusted earnings of $1.03 per share, beating the $0.89 consensus by 15.73%. However, revenue of $157.1 million missed the $188.43 million forecast, a shortfall that reflected the timing of the merger close in early

July 23, 2026, U.S. Senate Committee On Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Ranking Members Markey, Velázquez Push to Roll Back Trump Administration’s Discriminatory SBA Lending Policy that Blocks Immigrant Entrepreneurs from Pursuing the American Dream “NCRC supports the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn SBA’s citizenship restrictions that bar green-card holders from receiving the 7(a) and

July 22, 2026, The Tennessean, What Nashville Gained, Lost In Edgehill Community: From The Archives According to Census Bureau data analyzed by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the median home value in the park’s Census tract went from $137,256 in 2000 to $652,000 in 2020, a 375% increase in 20 years.

July 22, 2026, The Tennessean, See How Gentrification Has Changed Nashville Home Values Nashville’s homebuying landscape has changed dramatically in the past 50 years. An analysis of median home value changes in formerly affordable neighborhoods during that time illustrates the transformation. Several of the areas that have seen drastic changes, particularly from 2010 to 2020, are historically

July 22, 2026, The Tennessean, Priced Out, Pushed Out: Displacement In Nashville Disrupts Communities But in 2025, Nashville was named the nation’s most intensely gentrifying city from 2010 to 2020, according to a 2025 National Community Reinvestment Coalition ranking. Residents, especially those who are low-income and represent historically marginalized groups, have borne the brunt of growth’s negative

July 17, 2026, JDSupra, Three Of The Federal Banking Agencies Issue Guidance On Credit Risks In Lending To Borrowers Without Work Authorization The guidance is not without its critics. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (“NCRC”) criticized the earlier CFPB statement and argued that credit decisions should turn on demonstrated repayment ability rather than hypothetical consequences associated with

July 15, 2026, TheStreet, Fed Regulators’ New Guidance Disrupts Mortgages, Loans The market remains small, with roughly 5,000 to 6,000 ITIN mortgages originated in 2023 out of about 4.6 million total originations that year, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

July 13, 2026, CNBC, Trump Administration Urges Banks To Scrutinize Lending To Immigrants Without Work Authorization It estimated that a small number — 5,000 to 6,000 — of ITIN mortgages were made in 2023. For context, there were about 4.6 million mortgage originations in 2023, according to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an equity advocacy group.