NRT and NCRC Announce $150,000 in Grants to Support Innovative Fair Housing Initiatives
In celebration of Fair Housing month, community groups will receive demonstration grants to further fair housing goals.
Press Releases
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Minnesota Public Radio: John Taylor on Federal Initiatives to Prevent Foreclosure
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Mortgage Reform Critical to Restoring Trust and Integrity to the Financial System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jesse Van Tol (202) 464-2709 April 23, 2009 jvantol@ncrc.org Mortgage Reform Critical to Restoring Trust and Integrity to the Financial System Washington, DC –Today the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on H.R. 1728, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act …
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John Taylor, NCRC president and CEO, testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services
Click here to read NCRC’s testimony Click here to read the press release
Massive Foreclosures Continue to Fuel Recession
Central Cause of Credit Market and Economic Woes Gains Momentum
Baltimore Sun Features NCRC Chief Operating Officer Jim Carr and HELP Now!
Click here to read portions of Jim Carr’s speech at the University of Baltimore Law School that was featured in the Baltimore Sun. His speech focuses on the foreclosure crisis and using NCRC’s HELP Now proposal to accomplish broad-scale modification of troubled loans.
NCRC Interactive Discussion on “Restoring Trust and Integrity to the Financial System”
Watch NCRC members and a leading panel of experts, including Robert Kuttner, who helped draft the Community Reinvestment Act, discuss the state of the national economy and the need for comprehensive legislative measures to stem the foreclosure crisis, eliminate reckless and irresponsible lending practices, and restore trust and integrity to the financial system. Moderated …
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“Spotlight: Webcast on ‘Closing the Racial Wealth Gap’”
Watch Jim Carr, NCRC chief operating officer, with moderator Mary Jo Walsh.
An Equal Opportunity Recession?
Click here to read NCRC chief operating officer Jim Carr’s op-ed "An Equal Opportunity Recession?" — which earned top-placement on Reuters and has already sparked a healthy debate among its readers. Respond to Jim’s op-ed by visiting reuters.com and/or posting to NCRC’s recently launched Reinvestment Works…the blog.
Restoring Accountability in the Financial System
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson to Introduce the CRA Modernization Act of 2009 at NCRC conference “Roadmap to a Financially Inclusive Society”
Preventing the Next Foreclosure Crisis
Congressional action required to purge reckless and irresponsible lending practices from the marketplace
Testimony: “Mortgage Lending Reform: A Comprehensive Review of the American Mortgage System”
David Berenbaum, NCRC executive vice president, testifies before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Click here to read the press release
