Tag: NCRC 2010 National Conference
Creating Sustainable Jobs by Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods: America’s First Priority
Today, we face “gilded age inequality, robber baron corruption, financial booms and busts, a broken health care system, increasing poverty, and spending as much...
Don’t Be Quick to Blame the Borrower
“The borrowers weren’t risky so much as the loans were risky,” said Michael Calhoun, the president of the Center for Responsible Lending in offering...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Day 2 at NCRC’s 2010 National Convention
It’s the second full day of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2010 National Conference and people are already assembling to hear morning remarks offered...
Going Where the Big Boats Are
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) went a bit off script today at that NCRC 2010 National Conference when, after a emphasizing responsive, empathetic government...
Getting Through the Storm
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, (D-Md.) offered a sobering, but empowering assessment of the state of the U.S. economy and the impact on families...
Live Blogging From NCRC 2010 Conference
Rooflines will be live blogging from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2010 National Conference beginning Wednesday, March 10. Join us here at Rooflines as...