“Better Ideas to Help Our Community”
Dolores Swartworth, an at-large member of the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, spoke with us at this year’s National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference on the value of the event and what, […]
Mitigating the Impacts of the Current Foreclosure Crisis
NHI/_Shelterforce_ Associate Director and Editor Miriam Axel-Lute appeared at an event last Tuesday, co-sponsored by the New America Foundation and National Council of La Raza, that looked at how communities […]
NCRC: Why Were You There?
We had a great opportunity to interview several attendees of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2011 annual conference on what they hoped to achieve, some of the issues they planned […]
Perez: Inclusionary Zoning Can Work, If Implemented
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division laud’s Montgomery County, Maryland’s inclusionary zoning policy, the largest inclusionary zoning policy in the nation. So much so, […]
The Future of Mortgage Finance
Today’s panel discussion at the 2011 NCRC Conference was loaded with passionate views on the cause of the housing meltdown, how “homeownership” fits into the zeitgeist of today’s America, and […]
Organizing as a Culture
Organizing is a culture. It’s not a tactic, a speech by a charismatic leader, or a department. “It’s a culture, and it’s what we do and don’t every single day,” […]
A Steep Climb Up The Hill
We’ve been interviewing attendees at this year’s National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s annual conference, and we plan on posting individual interviews shortly. Those attendees who were kind enough to take time […]
Bair: Mortgage Crisis Shows We Need a Level Playing Field
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair emphasized the “common goal” that should exist between banks and consumers regarding access to credit and healthy lending for the health of consumers and banks, as […]
April Is Fair Housing Month
April, as you might have heard is Fair Housing Month, commemorating April 1968 when President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law just days after the assassination of Dr. […]
House Votes Down NSP3
While the NSP Termination Act is unlikely to pass the Democratically controlled Senate, much less stand a chance against a presidential veto, it’s yet another move by the House to end foreclosure programs enacted by previous Congresses.
FHA Commissioner Stevens Heading to MBA
FHA Commissioner David Stevens, who announced last week that he would leave the administration effective March 31, will take over at the Mortgage Bankers Association, according to DSNews.com. Stevens will […]
Fed Report: No Wrongful Foreclosures By Banks?
A report issued by the Federal Reserve has found no wrongful foreclosures following an investigation into abusive mortgage practices. Though we must quickly note that the definition of “wrongful foreclosures” […]