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The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for Smaller Communities and Rural Regions
What’s one key element to drive funding to low-income areas of the country? Meaningful and productive partnerships between banks and community-based organizations (CBOs). Read More
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Defining the Challenge: Promoting Economic Mobility and Resilience
To promote economic mobility and resilience among the underserved, an organization must first decide how it defines these terms. The definitions played a prominent role at a recent community development conference. Read how. Read More
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A Proposal: Using the CRA to Fight Vacancy and Abandonment
In 2009, banks became the reluctant holders of more than 1,500 foreclosed properties in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Read More
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The Community Reinvestment Act and the Economics of Lending in Lower-Income Neighborhoods
The Community Reinvestment Act helped end the practice of redlining. But 33 years after its introduction, it may be time to consider whether the CRA needs a twenty-first century overhaul. Read More
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CRA Lending in the 4th District
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has come under scrutiny as one of the suspected contributors to the current financial crisis. Read More