Testimony & Regulatory Comments

(Download) December 23, 2024 TO: NCRC members and allies FROM: Josh Silver, Senior Fellow RE: Final FHFA Affordable Housing Goals Rule for 2025-2027 Dear Colleagues: On December 19, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its final affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, known as Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) for the years 2025 –

(Download) On November 25, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans and Underserved Markets Plans for 2025 through 2027.[1] These plans are similar to bank reinvestment requirements except that the FHFA does not evaluate and rate Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s performance. Instead, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac submit

(Download) October 15, 2024 RE: Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements Involving Banking Products and Services Distributed to Consumers and Businesses To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the recent interagency guidance on third party relationships and the follow-up request for information (RFI) on bank partnerships with fintechs (non-bank financial

(Download) October 21, 2024 RE: 2025–2027 Enterprise Housing Goals To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) proposed affordable housing goals for 2025 through 2027. NCRC applauds some of the goals as pushing the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) to consistently

(Download) October 16, 2024 Federal Reserve Board CCA-CRA-Staff@frb.gov  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Dallas-CASup@dal.frb.org CRA Officer Charles Schwab Bank, SSB Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB CRAPlanComments@schwab.com  Re: Proposed 2025 Community Reinvestment Act Strategic Plan for Charles Schwab Bank, SSB (the CSB Plan) and Proposed 2025 Community Reinvestment Act Strategic Plan for Charles Schwab Premier Bank,

(Download) The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the CRA Strategic Plan (the Plan) proposed by Square Financial Services Inc. (SFS or Square). NCRC is a coalition of over 700 community organizations that work with policymakers and financial institutions to champion fairness in banking, housing, and business development. Overall,

(Download) October 4, 2024 RE: Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies, RIN 3064–AF88 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the FDIC regulation of parent companies of industrial banks and the rigor of the application process for industrial banks.

(Download) September 16, 2024 RE: Regulations Implementing the Change in Bank Control Act, RIN 3064–AG04 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the FDIC’s proposed changes to its regulation implementing the Change in Bank Control Act. The FDIC is motivated to make this change because

(Download) August 19, 2024 RE: FHLBank Affordable Housing Program Competitive Application Process To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA’s) request for information regarding the Affordable Housing Program (AHP) application process. NCRC engaged in dialogue with our member organizations including

(Download) August 9, 2024 Marcea Barringer Supervisory Policy Analyst Attention: Duty to Serve 2025-2027 RFI Federal Housing Finance Agency, Ninth Floor 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20219 Dear Ms. Barringer: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s proposed Underserved Markets Plans for 2025-2027 submitted

(Download) July 12, 2024 To Whom it May Concern: NCRC appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA’s) request for information (RFI) regarding the mission of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) and their support of affordable housing and community development. The FHFA must sharpen the FHLBank mission statement and performance