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Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina |
…promoting and protecting community wealth |
Refund Anticipation Loans Read "Fast Cash, Less Filling," our report on RALs in North Carolina. Full Report and Executive Summary here. CRA-NC credited in California after settlement against RAL providers for deceptive marketing. (subscription) |
Paying More for the American Dream, Part III Released April 23, 2009! A new report surveyed lending in 7 MSAs shows that CRA-regulated banks made safer loans in their assessment areas. This refutes critiques of CRA. See the full report or the press release. |
Manufactured Housing Policy Reform See a slideshow that explains how CRA-NC is rehabilitating the state's first non-profit owned land-lease park. |
NUESTRO BARRIO The Center for Urban and Regional Studies at UNC shows that Nuestro Barrio delivers financial education to Latinos. Film Festivals Dilsey Davis leads the Hayti Heritage Film Festival, with sponsorship by SunTrust. |
Calling out Banks that Strip Assets of the Poor CRA-NC and other advocacy groups protest Republic Bank's application for an OTS charter. Republic withdraws. Financial markets take notice. Press Release: Don't give TARP money to RAL providers. VITA CRA-NC's VITA site is profiled by local television, in Raleigh's News & Observer, and the Triangle Tribune. CRA-NC's VITA team filed 536 accepted returns. This generated $232,000 in EITC Refunds. |
PRESS ROOM |
The Community Reinvestment Act Enhanced data can help community groups to talk with banks! CRA-NC publishes a report, "A Principle-Based Redesign of HMDA and CRA Data,on how data can improve implementation of the CRA through regulation-from-below. It is released by the Federal Reserve. . |
Tweets at CRAofNC |
CRA-NC is now on Facebook |
Even as markets regain their footing, basic enhancements to our regulatory system remain to be done. CRA-NC supports the Community Reinvestment Modernization Act (HR 1479), a bill to update the CRA, in order to prevent another subprime debacle. Read about the bill. Sign on to express your support here. |
Peter Skillern participates in the Community Development Policy Summit, sponsored by the the Federal Reserve. He contributes perspectives on the shape and strength of future regulatory reform of our financial markets. |
Nuestro Barrio Nuestro Barrio is awarded the Media Award by the National Association of Realtors, in the 2009 Hope Awards. The award-winning series is currently playing on Telemundo in the Washington, DC market. It has been distributed to networks serving 25 million households across the country. The telenovela merges entertainment with a strong financial literacy component. |
Lehigh Acres, FL is an epicenter of the foreclosure crisis. |
CRA-NC and 9 other local non-profits came out to support HR 1479 in Durham on June 11th. |
The Financial Freedom Fest |
Miles to Go |
The Foreclosure Crisis |
Policy and Advocacy |
Legislative Activity Two bills that CRA-NC worked on passed in the last long session of the North Carolina General Assembly. H1134 will provide funding and authority for removal of abandoned mobile homes. H1700, passed in the Appropriations Act, encourages park owners to sell to resident-owned and/or non-profit groups. |
