Johnson believes the UMOJA rink has the potential to shine a much-needed spotlight on Eastmont, and help to jumpstart other business and cultural activities that can stem the displacement of Black people from the neighborhood. Oakland and San Francisco recently topped a list of the “most intensely gentrified” U.S. cities in a study conducted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
Loans and investments made as part of banks’ Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities are an important source of funding for hospitals and health systems to address social determinants of health, the physical and social conditions in the environment that influence health.
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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Kelsey Lyles, Health Equity Policy Lead, The Greenlining Institute Kelsey Lyles Program Manager, Health Equity, The Greenlining Institute As Health Equity Program Manager, Kelsey Lyles leads the Health Equity team’s workforce equity and inclusion advocacy efforts. Growing up in Chicago, she felt a strong commitment to social justice at a young age. Kelsey has extensive
(Download) September 23rd, 2020 John O’Brien Licensing Manager Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Central District 425 S. Financial Place, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60605 CE.Licensing@occ.treas.gov RE: Formative Bank, N.A. Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance Application Dear Mr. O’Brien: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, joined by the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf
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The report, published by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, used data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank cities on gentrification during a five-year period ending in 2017.
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The National Community Reinvestment Coalition released the report ranking Denver the second-most gentrified city in the nation.
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The study says “COVID-19 exposed deep economic and social fault lines nationwide.” It also notes that problems with gentrification have been an issue long before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
In a press release Jesse Van Tol, CEO of NCRC, said, “recovery in most places will be even more challenging than in those where investment was already concentrated. There is no doubt that the protests that have erupted nationwide are at least in part motivated by the nation’s long history of racial economic inequality.”
Gentrification in this report refers to the displacement of existing, low-income populations, which the National Community Reinvestment Coalition tracked by measuring changes in income, home values and education levels during a five-year period ending in 2017.
