What does the historic overhaul of Community Reinvestment Act regulations mean for health institutions?
What’s in the Community Reinvestment Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Healthcare? Read More »
FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg delivers keynote remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2022 Just Economy Conference in Washington, DC.
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The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) issues its first detailed analysis of proposed revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
NCRC Issues Initial Analysis Of Historic Community Reinvestment Act Overhaul Proposal Read More »
The recently-proposed overhaul of Community Reinvestment Act rules has some promising aspects and some rough edges, our initial analysis finds.
Initial Analysis of the CRA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Read More »
A keynote speech by NCRC Senior Advisor Josh Silver at the annual conference of Building Alabama Reinvestment.
Combating Racism and Inequality in America with Democratic Ideals and Advocacy Read More »
NCRC Applauds Rigorous Work To Overhaul Community Reinvestment Act In Consultation With Stakeholders
America’s most powerful tool for fixing economic inequality is also key to fixing inequities in public health — because wealth and health are closely linked.
The Community Reinvestment Act and Its Connections to Health Outcomes Read More »
An informal survey of exams conducted in the last year identifies some areas with a glaring need for reform – and offers hints at what effective change might look like.
Recent CRA Exams Offer Hints For How To Improve Bank Accountability To Communities Read More »
New York is now among a group of states, including Illinois and Massachusetts, that have recognized the need to ensure that all lenders, not just banks, make mortgages available to credit-worthy borrowers in all communities.
NCRC applauds New York expansion of state Community Reinvestment Act to cover non-banks Read More »
(Download) February 2, 2021 RE: NCRC Comments on Docket ID OCC 2020–0025, Community Reinvestment Act regulations, methodology for determining thresholds on general performance standards To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an association of community-based organizations dedicated to increasing lending and investing in underserved communities, opposes the Office of the Comptroller of
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The OCC has proposed yet another data collection effort to develop thresholds for its flawed 2020 Community Reinvestment Act final rule. This is another tacit admission by the OCC that all along it has lacked the data and factual basis for developing its flawed revisions to CRA examination performance measures. Instead of creating more consistency
Initial NCRC Analysis of OCC Proposal to Establish Thresholds for its New CRA Measures Read More »
Proposed rule changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) could encourage the neglect of entire markets by the largest banks, a new study found.
Nearly all banks that earned passing marks under current rules would be able to reduce their mortgage lending to low- and moderate-income (LMI) borrowers and communities under new rules proposed for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a new study found.
“We applaud the Federal Reserve’s release of CRA data. They are practicing transparency and we look forward to fully analyzing the data. We’re also curious what it may reveal or imply about the OCC and FDIC proposal. The OCC and FDIC have failed to release data they referenced in their rule proposal,” said Jesse Van Tol, CEO of NCRC.
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The Comptroller of the Currency, Joseph M. Otting, submitted testimony in advance of his appearance before the House Financial Services Committee on Jan. 29, 2020. His testimony cited and challenged NCRC’s analysis of a proposal to overhaul rules that enforce the Community Reinvestment Act. This is NCRC’s response to Otting’s testimony.
