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Video: HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge Addresses The National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2023 Just Economy Conference

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NCRC Just Economy Conference 2023 —   Recorded March 30, 2023  HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge addressed a record crowd on day two of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2023 Just Economy Conference. Speaker: Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Transcript: NCRC video transcripts are produced by a third-party […]

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It’s time for policymakers and mortgage lenders to promote special purpose credit programs to help close the racial wealth gap

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Although Congress is likely to include funding for several housing programs in the Build Back Better Act that will provide federal assistance for first-generation homeownership, these federal funds are only one of many steps needed to close the racial wealth gap. One of the most important next steps is for policymakers to encourage mortgage lenders to embrace the use of special purpose credit programs (SPCPs).

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NCRC Director Ibijoke Akinbowale Appointed to HUD Advisory Committee

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The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has appointed six new members to its Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee, including Ibijoke Akinbowale, director of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) Housing Counseling Network (HCN).

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NCRC Submits Comment Supporting HUD’s Proposed Disparate Impact Rule

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The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) today submitted a comment letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), applauding HUD for its proposed rule setting the standard for bringing disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act. In the comment letter, NCRC also urged HUD to offer guidance to the lending and insurance industries on the proper use of predictive technologies in underwriting, particularly with regard to artificial intelligence, machine learning and alternative data.

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NCRC applauds HUD, FHFA plan to strengthen enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, and inclusion of rental payment data for mortgage risk assessments at Fannie Mae

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This is a bold and promising move to align and combine forces at agencies that should work together to end housing and lending discrimination and, importantly, to ensure their policies expand access to affordable homeownership for more borrowers and communities of color.

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NCRC applauds HUD’s reinstatement of critical fair housing rule

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Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a rule reinstating its Discriminatory Effects Standard, which ensures that housing practices that appear neutral in their design do not create or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion and other groups protected under the Fair Housing Act.

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NCRC Applauds HUD’s Effort to Reinstate Critical Fair Housing Rules

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Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) took action to reinstate the critical 2013 Discriminatory Effects Rule which helps prevent discriminatory practices, and restore crucial portions of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule which ensures that communities that receive federal funds take steps to eliminate barriers to fair housing.

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HUD Secretary Fudge to Speak at 2021 Just Economy Conference

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge will be a featured speaker at the 2021 Just Economy Conference, which will be held online beginning May 3. Other confirmed speakers include U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

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NCRC Applauds HUD Announcement to Prohibit Housing Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

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Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. HUD made the announcement in response to the executive orders previously signed by President Biden late last month.

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A Black Community Plagued by a chemical spill is an early test of the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Racial Equity

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This week, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and the South Alabama Center for Fair Housing (SACFH) filed a request for reconsideration of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) determination in a fair housing complaint the two organizations submitted in 2017. 

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