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The National Council of Negro Women, in partnership with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, released a report "Assessing the Double Burden:  Examining Racial and Gender Disparities in Mortgage Lending," which is the third report in the NCRC "Income Is No Shield" series.  Among its principal findings are that minorities are much more likely to receive high-cost home mortgage loans than their white counterparts, and that, in many instances, disparities by race widen as income levels for minorities increase.

 
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New Report Details Experience of Minority Women in the Subprime Lending Market & Disparate Treatment

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                     Contact:  Jesse Van Tol (202) 464-2709 June 4, 2009                                                                                                                               jvantol@ncrc.org   On Anniversary of Passage of Voting Rights for Women, New Report Details Experience of Minority Women in the Subprime Lending Market and

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John Taylor, NCRC President and CEO, Meets with President Obama at the White House

On May 22, 2009, John Taylor attended the bill signing of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act at the White House.  Following the signing, Taylor encouraged the President to support CRA modernization.  Historically supportive of CRA, President Obama said that he looks forward to a more detailed conversation with NCRC in the future,

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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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