Urban Institute, January 17th, 2019: a look at current CRA lending as modernization begins
This event presented and discussed findings from an Urban Institute report, commissioned by the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, that analyzes data on recent lending subject and not subject to CRA, including single and multifamily housing, community development, small business and small farm loans. The seminar included NCRC’s Senior Advisor Josh Silver, as well as Laurie Goodman, Vice President of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute; James Matthews, Senior Vice President of CRA Compliance at Capital One Financial Corporation; Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network; Benson F. “Buzz” Roberts, President and CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; Theresa Stark, Senior Policy Analyst at the Federal Reserve Board; and Ellen Seidman, Nonresident Fellow at the Urban Institute (moderator).
For more on efforts to modernize CRA, see NCRC’s TreasureCRA campaign hub: https://ncrc.org/treasurecra/
