Testimony and comments from NCRC about pending legislation and regulatory issues.
(Download) March 17, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington DC 20500 Dear President Biden: We are a diverse and broad coalition of nonprofits, real estate trade groups, lenders, and civil rights advocates, brought together by a shared belief that we need a policy solution that expands […]
(Download) March 15, 2021 RE: Comment on Brex’s charter application To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) maintains that Brex’s application for deposit insurance for an Industrial Loan Charter (ILC) would not accord with safety and soundness standards for banks and has not demonstrated a significant commitment to meeting the convenience
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(Download) February 28, 2021 Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel Federal Housing Finance Agency, Eighth Floor 400 Seventh Street SW Washington, DC Attention: Comments/RIN 2590–AB12 Dear Mr. Pollard: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to publicly comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the Enterprise Housing
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(Download) February 26, 2021 The Honorable Al Green Chair Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Andy Barr Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Green, Ranking Member Barr
February 19th, 2021 National Community Reinvestment Coalition 740 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20005 Kathy L. Moe Regional Director Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94105-2780 RE: Comment Letter Regarding Deposit Insurance Application from Rakuten Bank America Dear Director Moe: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
DOWNLOAD FULL COMMENT Overview and introduction Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the thoughtfulness of the Federal Reserve Board’s (Board) approach to modernizing the regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). NCRC is an association of community-based organizations whose mission is to
(Download) Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 To Whom it May Concern: The Federal Reserve Board (Fed) must strengthen the rigor of CRA exams to promote recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fed has described approaches in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on CRA that will make CRA exams more objective and
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(Download) February 16, 2021 Ann E. Misback, Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20551 RE:Â Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 Dear Ms. Misback: In its October 2020 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) invited public comment on
(Download) February 2, 2021 RE: NCRC Comments on Docket ID OCC 2020–0025, Community Reinvestment Act regulations, methodology for determining thresholds on general performance standards To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an association of community-based organizations dedicated to increasing lending and investing in underserved communities, opposes the Office of the Comptroller of
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Access to housing, jobs, transportation, education, healthy food and recreation are the building blocks for a healthy community, outside of clinical care. Working with banks to support those building blocks is supported by a robust CRA.
(Download) January 16, 2021 Joe Biden President-Elect Wilmington, DE Dear President-Elect Biden, We appreciate your leadership on COVID relief and Thursday’s announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide an emergency legislative package. The proposal includes many crucial priorities to heal our nation from the COVID-19 pandemic, both medical and economic, including additional rental assistance. We
(Download) January 8, 2021 Stephanie Li Chief of Regulations Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 RE:     RIN 2900-AR05—Loan Guaranty: COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment Program To whom it may concern: On behalf of the clients, communities, and industries that we represent, we write
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(Download) January 13, 2021 John Conneely Regional Director Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606-3447 RE: NCRC Comment Letter on GM Financial Bank Application Dear Director Conneelly: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) maintains that GM Financial Bank’s application for an Industrial Loan Charter (ILC) has not demonstrated a
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The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on Oportun’s application for a national bank charter. We request that the OCC extend the comment period for this application by 30 days to address numerous Community Reinvestment plan, loan pricing and debt collection practices raised by this application. Until these outstanding issues are addressed, we believe that the OCC does not have sufficient information to approve this application.
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(Download) December 14, 2020 Comment Intake Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Comments on the CFPB Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered for Section 1071 Dear Director Kraninger: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) outline of proposals under consideration
