NCRC, FinTech Firms Issue Statement In Support Of Regulatory Stability At The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Five fintechs express support for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ahead of the CFPB’s Supreme Court case.
Video: NCRC and Berkeley Fellowship Info Session
Online Event Archive Recorded September 20, 2023 NCRC announced a new Fellowship Program with UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Policy (GSPP) that provides NCRC member organizations located in the San Francisco Bay Area (in Northern CA) with an exciting opportunity to increase their impact as they tackle the most pressing community development challenges facing the
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Just Economy Regional Mountain West Summit Speaker Bios
Speaker Bios Ylenia Aguilar Board of Directors, Central Arizona Project Ylenia Aguilar was born in Mexico and raised in Arizona and rural Illinois. She enjoys running, hiking, camping, kayaking, cycling, rowing, and hot yoga at Radia8. She has traveled with her two sons throughout Arizona’s extensive and breathtaking mountain biking trails. Her oldest son attends Northern
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The Washington Post: Home Insurers Cut Natural Disasters From Policies As Climate Risks Grow
The Washington Post, September 3, 2023, Home Insurers Cut Natural Disasters From Policies As Climate Risks Grow In the aftermath of extreme weather events, major insurers are increasingly no longer offering coverage that homeowners in areas vulnerable to those disasters need most. Major insurers say they will cut out damage caused by hurricanes, wind and
ProPublica: Erasing The “Black Spot”: How A Virginia College Expanded By Uprooting A Black Neighborhood
ProPublica, September 5, 2023, Erasing The “Black Spot”: How A Virginia College Expanded By Uprooting A Black Neighborhood Around 1960, in the last gasp of the Jim Crow era, the Shoe Lane community consisted of a church and about 20 Black families, including teachers, dentists, a high school principal and a NASA engineer. They owned
The Washington Post: Female Professors Sue Vassar College, Alleging Wage discrimination
The Washington Post, August 30, 2023, Female Professors Sue Vassar College, Alleging Wage Discrimination Five female professors at Vassar College are suing the elite institution in Upstate New York — one of the country’s first colleges to educate women — alleging it engaged in decades of systemic wage discrimination by paying them less than their male colleagues.
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FOXBusiness: US Housing Market Faces New Hurdle: Student Loan Repayments
FOXBusiness, August 29, 2023, US Housing Market Faces New Hurdle: Student Loan Repayments The US housing market has been over the past year walloped by high mortgage rates and a worsening inventory shortage. It may soon face another obstacle: Student loan repayments. Real estate experts are bracing for a significant blow to the market when
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Baltimore Beat: The Extraordinary Life Of Anthony Williams
Baltimore Beat, September 5, 2023, The Extraordinary Life Of Anthony Williams Williams was remembered for being anything but shy, especially when it came to sharing his personal journey of overcoming homelessness, which allowed him to make deep and lasting connections with those facing similar challenges. Also a visionary, he believed housing was a human right
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CUCollaborate: After Withdrawing Bank Application, Rakuten Seeks Credit Union Charter
CUCollaborate, September 8, 2023, After Withdrawing Bank Application, Rakuten Seeks Credit Union Charter After withdrawing three applications with the FDIC seeking a charter as an Industrial Loan Company (ILC), Rakuten, a controversial company that offers everything from cash back to consumers for purchases to fintech services, now has submitted an application to form a credit union.
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Next City: This Project Provides Housing And Tech Training For Boston’s Young Women Of Color
Next City, September 7, 2023, This Project Provides Housing And Tech Training For Boston’s Young Women Of Color Welcome to G{Code} House, a place where women and nonbinary people of color ages 18-24 can reside as they complete a two year coding course that prepares them to enter the workforce. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s
95.3wiki: First Financial Bank Receives National Award for Community Action
95.3Wiki, September 6, 2023, First Financial Bank Receives National Award for Community Action First Financial Bank has been selected by the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP) to receive the Corporate Partnership Award, recognizing the bank’s long-term commitment in supporting community action and working directly to impact economic growth and increase opportunities for children and families.
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Northwest Indiana Business: First Financial Bank Receives National Stewardship Award
Northwest Indiana Business Magazine, September 1, 2023, First Financial Bank Receives National Stewardship Award First Financial Bank received a Corporate Partnership Award from the National Community Action Partnership. “First Financial Bank and our associates are thankful and honored to receive such a nationally prestigious recognition,” said Roddell McCullough, chief corporate responsibility officer for First Financial, in
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Newsweek: Sixty Years Later, We Can Make King’s Dream A Reality
Newsweek, August 28, 2023, Sixty Years Later, We Can Make King’s Dream A Reality Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic keynote at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As of 2019, the last year with complete data, the median wealth of Black households was just $9,000—compared to $160,000 for white
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NCRC’s Response to Better Markets CRA Comment
September 22, 2023 Dear Members of the Board of Governors, FDIC Chairman, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency: On August 7, Better Markets (BM) sent a letter to the federal bank agencies asserting that the proposed CRA rule “will not work and that redlining will continue.” The BM letter dismisses an interagency proposal that would
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NRPA: Overcoming Barriers To Park Equity
NRPA, August 24, 2023, Overcoming Barriers To Park Equity Redlining affected not only the demographics of neighborhoods by dictating who could get loans, but also it largely influenced the investment in infrastructure made in those areas. Real estate is about location, location, location, right? Well, if the right location largely dictates the value of your
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