The patterns of segregation in many major metropolitan areas can be traced back to laws and legal racial housing policies of the early 20th century used to exclude Black residents from certain neighborhoods.

The latest webinar in NPQ’s Remaking the Economy series looks at the racial wealth gap, focusing on Black Americans.

If you’re a fan, then you’ve probably been quite pleased as D.C. has led the nation in gentrification for years. 

Activist and architectural designer Wandile Mthiyane examines the twin legacies of American redlining and Apartheid.

First Citizens BancShares will pour $16 billion into low- and moderate-income communities under a new community reinvestment plan tied to its pending purchase of CIT Group.

Over the past decade, however, migration patterns have reversed and white folks have returned to the neighborhood in droves, buying up hundred-year-old Craftsman bungalows to flip or inhabit. Property values have doubled or even tripled, which is good for people trying to sell, but bad for renters who want to stay, thanks to the property taxes and rental prices that balloon as a result.

The new principles give RTD more wiggle room in talks with developers where no flexibility used to exist.

In a comment letter to the Federal Reserve, Better Markets commended the agency for its plans to modernize bank rules for underserved communities but said the Fed must commit to some core principles as it develops a new rule.

Research from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition also shows there remains significant racial biases among small business loan officers at banks who originate small business loans.

The Board of Commissioners has hired Jeanetta Price, of Cleveland, as its executive director. She will start on March 15.

First Citizens Bank, Raleigh, N.C., will make $16 billion in loans and investments available for affordable housing, small business and community development financing between 2021 and 2025.

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition issued a study alleging that people in minority communities were more likely to submit complaints to the CFPB than those in predominantly white areas, and that banks were more likely to address concerns of consumers from predominantly white neighborhoods than those from minority areas.

The US Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing faster payments in the United States, today announced it has launched two new FPC Work Groups: Financial Inclusion and Real-Time Recurring.

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an organization that works to uphold fair housing, fair lending and consumer protection laws, issued the following news release:

Progressives and moderates are split over Michael Barr, the president’s likely nominee to become one of the banking industry’s top regulators.