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Testimony & Regulatory Comments

Testimony and comments from NCRC about pending legislation and regulatory issues.

Letter to Treasury: Strengthening the Community Reinvestment Act

The Honorable Steven T. Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC, 20220 Click here for a summary of the letter.   Dear Secretary Mnuchin, In February of 2017, President Trump issued an executive order mandating that federal agencies regulate the financial industry consistent with core principles including […]

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Don’t blame the affordable housing goals for the financial crisis 

Federal Research Financial Crisis Inquiry Report (2010)[1] “Conclusions of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission” “We also studied at length how the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) affordable housing goals for the GSEs affected their investment in risky mortgages. Based on the evidence and interviews with dozens of individuals involved in this subject area,

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Rebuttal to personal privacy of HMDA in a world of big data

Anthony Yezer’s recent white paper, Personal Privacy of HMDA in a World of Big Data, is part of the banking industry’s continued effort to limit public access to data collected by federal agencies.[1] Yezer’s paper, which was funded by the Mortgage Bankers Association, fundamentally challenges data collection and reporting under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

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Oppose H.R. 2954 – “The Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act”

Dear Representative, The undersigned civil rights, fair housing, consumer, and community organizations strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 2954, “the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act”. The bill would undermine efforts to ensure that the nation’s mortgage lenders are serving all segments of the market fairly by exempting the vast majority of lenders from the updated

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Summary of NCRC recommendations regarding Treasury Department review of CRA

Introduction: Last year, President Trump issued an executive order mandating that federal agencies regulate the financial industry consistent with core principles including empowering consumers to make informed financial decisions and build wealth. In June, the Treasury Department responded to this executive order by publishing the first of a series of reports on the financial industry

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Joint letter: request for meeting to discuss preserving access and affordability in Government Sponsored Enterprise reform

We, the undersigned civil and human rights organizations, write to express our profound concern with the ongoing discussions in Congress about comprehensive Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) reform legislation, and to request a meeting to ensure that our perspectives are taken into account in this very important effort.

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Sign-on letter regarding specific provisions of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”

December 8, 2017 Dear Conferees: We, the undersigned members of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), are writing to urge you to adopt specific provisions included the Senate version of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Although we have concerns overall with both versions of this bill, the Senate provisions regarding private activity bonds, the

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Comment Letter on Public Dissemination of HMDA Data

November 22, 2017 Docket No. CFPB-2017-0025 Monica Jackson Office of the Executive Secretary Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G. St. NW Washington, DC 20552   Dear Ms. Jackson: The undersigned organizations appreciate that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) carefully applied the balancing test in determining which of the new Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)

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Letter in Opposition to Bill H.R. 1

November 16, 2017 Dear Representative, We, the undersigned members of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), are writing to urge you to oppose H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  Among other reasons, the bill includes several provisions that would undermine incentives in the nation’s tax code for low- and moderate-income (LMI) families to

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Letter from over 100 Groups and Advocates Calling on Members of Congress to Support Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, Small Business Data Collection and Disclosure

Letter from over 100 Groups and Advocates Calling on Members of Congress to Support Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, Small Business Data Collection and Disclosure (Download)

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Letter from Small Businesses and Other Organizations to the CFPB in support of Section 1071 Small Business Lending Data Collection and Disclosure

Letter from Small Businesses and Other Organizations to the CFPB in support of Section 1071 Small Business Lending Data Collection and Disclosure. (Download)

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