The Case for New Vouchers
Bill Faith, of the Columbus, Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio praised the $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund in the Jobs for Main Street Act, but […]
Census 2010: Stand Up and Be Counted! (Or Not)
Why all the paranoia about the 2010 Census? If you listened to the far right, the data collected from the census could result in a scene similarly portrayed in the […]
Fed to Congress: We Don’t Want That Responsibility!
At a March 23 hearing, “The Future of Housing Finance,” conducted by the House Committee on Financial Services, Illinois Republican Judy Biggert criticized HUD’s Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight […]
Finally Moving Toward Principal Reduction?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration is now considering, in some cases, encouraging banks to reduce loan principal as a means of keeping homeowners in their […]
ACORN Facing Significant Problems
With state and local chapters of ACORN all over the country considering forming their own groups as the national organizing feels the effects of months and year of right wing […]
Be Counted: Fill Out the Census
You probably received your census forms in the mail last week, and it’s not going to come as any surprise to Shelterforce readers that filling out these forms is imperative. […]
Taylor: Establish Meaningful Consumer Protections
When Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) last week announced that he would move forward with a consumer protection bill without seeking Republican support on the Senate Banking Committee, there was a […]
Invest In Your Values
In a panel discussion at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2010 National Convention assessing the administration’s mortgage modification initiatives, Gordon Whitman, director of public policy and communications for PICO National […]
A New Turn for the Consumer Financial Protection Bill
At about noon today, NCRC President and CEO John Taylor announced to attendees of his organization’s annual conference that the bipartisan attempt at crafting a Consumer Protection Financial Agency that […]
CRA Bill Getting a Hearing
Dion Spencer, NCRC’s director of legislation and regulatory policy just announced that a new Consumer Reinvestment Act bill will be heard by the House Financial Services Committee, citing information from […]
Trasviña Hints at a Fairer Housing Act; Principal Reduction in Store?
John Trasvina, HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, emphasized HUD and Treasury’s central role the federal response to the housing crisis, this morning, as well as hinting […]
NCRC’s Keys From the Crisis Initiative
Stories and pictures of the Great Depression were what finally got people to mobilize into action in the 30s, and NCRC is taking a similar approach to the foreclosure crisis, […]