A new report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition said: “Unfortunately, most cases of financial exploitation are unreported by financial institutions.”
Forbes: The Elder Fraud Prevention Program That Works Read More »
A plan to desegregate schools in a liberal Maryland suburb founded on values of tolerance has met with stiff resistance.
The New York Times: Where Civility Is A Motto, A School Integration Fight Turns Bitter Read More »
While there has been a growing widespread discussion concerning economic inequality at the national level, there has been less focus on best practices to address it on the local level.
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Over the past few months, Google, Facebook and Apple have pledged to invest a total of $4.5 billion in land and loans toward stimulating the production of affordable housing in California. Our article looks at how those efforts, laudable as they are, won’t amount to much unless the state enacts land-use reforms that make it easier and cheaper to build.
The New York Times: Why It Costs So Much to Build Affordable Housing Read More »
Amid protests and boos, the Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to ban homeless people from sleeping on some city streets — a controversial measure that critics have called a “war on the poor.”
John Taylor, president and founder of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, said at the symposium that he’s heard the argument that regulations stymie business “for forever and a day.”
NCRC President, Founder John Taylor Testifies at CFPB on Section 1071 Of The Dodd-Frank Act Regarding The Impact On Small Business Data
ValueWalk: Is The Dodd-Frank Act Spurring More Lending To The Poor? Read More »
“I don’t think we’ve figured any of this out,” he says. “We’re at a hopeful moment of recognizing how deep the problem is.”
Bloomberg: America’s Largest Health Insurer Is Giving Apartments To Homeless People Read More »
A College Park-based venture capital fund recently created to invest in opportunity zone businesses gave an undisclosed sum to Galen, part of about $7 million the company has raised so far from investments, subsidies and tax breaks for job creation.
Some of the loudest calls for changes in the tax incentive are coming from members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who in many cases represent poor urban areas that were supposed to see some of the biggest opportunity-zone investments.
The New York Times: Lawmakers Increase Criticism Of ‘Opportunity Zone’ Tax Break Read More »
Public flagship universities are critical for low-income students because they serve as engines for upward mobility. But a new report finds they’re often out of reach financially.
NPR: Most Of Nation’s Top Public Universities Aren’t Affordable For Low-Income Students Read More »
Mahud Villalaz, a U.S. citizen who received second-degree burns to his face, recalled his attacker saying, “You came here to invade.”
A new analysis indicates that rising prices have been quietly taxing low-income families more heavily than rich ones.
The Atlantic: The Inflation Gap Read More »
An independent investigation has determined that a Washington, D.C., regulatory agency didn’t properly handle a complaint about an illegal rooming house that later caught fire, killing two people.
U.S. News: Report: DC Didn’t Properly Handle Illegal Housing Complaint Read More »
Today, we embark on a yearlong project exploring what has become another “inconvenient truth” – the pain that economic inequality has brought to America.
Capital and Main: Our United States of Inequality Read More »
