Our March 28 webinar presented findings, plans for the next generation of the Community Lending Fact Book & Data Portal, and highlights from article 1 of our new series on reframing the racial wealth gap, a look at...
Here we share a 2022 article by longtime CRA expert Cal Bradford showing that race is central to the Community Reinvestment Act.
Federal laws that were supposed to help bank regulators overcome racial discrimination didn't work, Cal Bradford shows in this article
Update:
Following our discussion panelist Cal Bradford shared a draft article he prepared: The CRA Prohibits Race Discrimination. Download it here.
This lunch and learn continues a series for community leaders and lenders, policy experts and others on the topic of redlining, beginning earlier this year with the (somewhat provocatively titled) Bank / Community Benefits Agreements – Game Changer or Consolation Prize?
This time around, our expert panel discussed the pros and cons of including race in the Community Reinvestment Act, CRA, responding to each others’ points.
About the panelists
Now is a good time to discuss what’s next for the Community Reinvestment Act as federal bank regulators review comments on proposed CRA regulatory reform. Join us for a virtual ‘lunch and learn’ on the topic with two experts...
We and St. Louis Equal Housing and Community Reinvestment Alliance have completed a Community Benefits Agreement with First Mid - as SLEHCRA recently announced -- that addresses our concerns. But the sale points to a major outstanding issue: if...
The issues associated with the drafting of implementing rules from which to enforce the IL-CRA are not dissimilar to those facing the Federal bank regulatory agencies as they strive to modernize the Federal CRA.