How Communities Would Be Impacted by New Federal Banking Rules: Preliminary Analysis

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued new rules to determine how banks are regulated under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). On May 20, 2020, Comptroller Joseph Otting issued his final rules and is expected to step down soon.

Read Woodstock Institute and Housing Action Illinois’s preliminary policy analysis of the final rule as it compares with the OCC’s January 2020 proposal.