The influence of these real estate and lending patterns is still felt in cities today, even 50 years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made discrimination in the housing market illegal.
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The bill rolls back parts of the Dodd-Frank banking rules and valuable fair lending protections enacted after the 2008 financial crisis
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Housing court, a system created to protect tenants, has become a powerful tool for landlords.
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The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem.
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Affordable housing is vanishing as landlords exploit a broken system, pushing out rent-regulated tenants and catapulting apartments into the free market.
Measures might be added to a planned revamp of the Community Reinvestment Act, which aims to bring credit to low-income communities
Docket No. CFPB-2018-0004 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Supervision Program To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), a coalition of more than 600 community-based organizations, urges the CFPB to make the fair lending review process more transparent and to better facilitate community group input in the process. This letter represents the views
NCRC comment on CFPB fair lending reviews and supervision Read More »
A newly instituted federal housing policy could make it easier for people on rental assistance to move into higher-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia and the suburbs.
The Inquirer: With new rental vouchers, better neighborhoods now more affordable Read More »
Reforming CRA must not become a pretext for relaxing CRA. The focus of these principles are areas we expect the federal bank agencies to consider in reforming CRA.
Principles for CRA Regulatory Reform Read More »
Investing in a Just Economy For over 27 years, NCRC has worked to create a just economy. We believe private capital of various forms – including a wide variety of financial institutions – must be engaged in building an equitable and fair economy. There is both a legal and a moral obligation for banks and
2018 Policy Agenda: Investing in a just economy Read More »
Measures might be added to a planned revamp of the Community Reinvestment Act, which aims to bring credit to low-income communities.
American banks angling to get relief from post-crisis rules may soon be breathing easier.
CNN: House clears path to roll back post-crisis banking rules Read More »
In a new set of guidelines, the Public Design Commission shows how a more equitable, resilient, and livable city starts with affordable housing.
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History matters and memorials are important. But the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is an unfinished story.
White place. Wrong type. Read More »
The nation’s housing policy for the poor can feel like a giant lottery. Sometimes it actually is a lottery.
