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Robert Zdeneck’s new book (co-authored with Dee Walsh), “Navigating Community Development: Harnessing Comparative Advantages to Create Strategic Partnerships” how the community development field has evolved over the last 50 years. Read Shelterforce’s book review!
For years, banks have been fighting these requirements to lend to underprivileged people — and President Trump is listening as he continues his war on regulation. The irony is that these rules benefit the same “blue-collar people Donald Trump maintains he represents.
Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, which manages $6 trillion in investments, told business leaders that if they want to do business with BlackRock moving forward, they’re going to need to contribute to society in addition to making a profit. It’s an enormous step from one of the world’s most influential money managers.
The most significant attempt to loosen rules imposed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is underway in Congress as the Senate looks to pass legislation within the next month that would roll back restrictions on swaths of the finance industry.
A $33 million dollar grant for undocumented immigrant graduates of US high schools with DACA status to go to college.
The Trump administration said Thursday that it would get poor people to work by letting state governments deny them Medicaid if they don’t have a job. The new policy would be attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.
All signs point to Republicans next move– tear apart the social safety net.
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Undermining another Obama-era initiative, the Trump administration plans to delay enforcement of a federal housing rule that requires communities to address patterns of racial residential segregation.
The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire and has also been fined for its role in a Russian money laundering scheme.
While poor Americans are dying earlier, the rich are enjoying unprecedented longevity.
Pleas for the entertainer to run for president point to a split over whether to treat Donald Trump as a dangerous anomaly or a particularly extreme Republican. She could be at once the Democratic Trump and also an anti-Trump.
New research suggests that a more effective approach to changing the geography of poverty requires the expansion of effective public transportation systems.
The expectation that homeowners should be able to reach beyond their property lines has become deeply embedded. The new tax law has raised the possibility that homeownership may be losing some of its privileged status in American society, as the benefits of the mortgage interest and property tax deductions shrink.
A new $200 million investment vaults GreenSky over Social Finance Inc. to become the most highly-valued online lender in the U.S.
