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GOP Uses ACORN To Fight Bank Redlining Law

AP | SHARON THEIMER and PETE YOST | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Chase, Acorn, Bank of America, Brian Kettenring, Redlining, Mortgages, Cra, Ed Royce, Edward Royce, JP Morgan, Community Reinvestment Act, Phil Gramm, Gop, Jeb Hensarling, Housing Crisis, House Financial Services Committee, Republicans, Banks, Citimortgage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN – ranging from charges of voter r...

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Jason Linkins

Business Bloggers To Debate CRA Role In Housing Crisis For $100K

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Housing Crisis, Debates, Media News

Want to make a quick and dirty $100,000? All you have to do is beat Barry Ritholtz, business journalist and author of Bailout Nation in a debate.

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Community Reinvestment Act: Did It Cause The Housing Crisis?

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Crisis, Community Reinvestment Act, The Big Picture, Cra, Housing Crisis, Barry-Rithholtz, Causes of the Housing Bubble, Business News

I've run out of patience with tired memes and discredited claims by fools and partisan. The rhetoric of those pushing nonsense on the public in an at...

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Is the Financial and Mortgage Industry Smart Enough to Recognize the Lifeline Obama Has Thrown It?

Howard Glaser | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Kudlow, Community Reinvestment Act, Treasury Department, Alan Greenspan, Subprime Mortgages, Home Ownership, FInancial Markets, Foreclosure News, Business News
Howard Glaser

A closer look at the Obama plan reveals that the proposed overhaul is, by and large, in the best interests not only of consumers of financial products, but the financial companies themselves.

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Stop the Next American Nightmare

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Predatory Lending, People of Color, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Detroit, New York Times, Foreclosure, Economic Recovery, Financial Services Modernization Act, Race, New York City, Recession, Housing Crisis, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

We propose including racial impact assessment, a systematic review of potential racial impacts prior to the passage of new laws can help prevent the replication of long-standing and new forms of racial inequality.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Twitter, Housing, Tim Geithner, Aig Bonuses, Cisco, Aig, Politics News

With AIG bonuses and The Wire on my mind, one place I was itching to browse out to was the Freakonomics blog, where Sudhir Venkatesh has been keeping ...

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Ryan Grim

Fed Official: Don't Blame Poor People For Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Sandra Braunstein, Politics News

Minority and low-income homeowners have gotten a big share of the blame for the financial crisis. Conservative commentators argue that Democrats force...

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Senate Republicans: Please Help

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Republicans, President Obama, Manhattan, Welfare, Community Reinvestment Act, Poverty, Obama Stimulus, US Poverty, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Democrats, Hardships, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Wall Street, Homelessness, Stimulus Package, Homeless, Economic Stimulus, Alan Greenspan, Republican Party, Health Problems, Politics News
Sally Kohn

While conservatives would have us think that the crisis we're in is a fluke, the reality is that we have all been standing on the curb of opportunity for far too long as prosperity passed us by.

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It's Time to Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgages, Federal Community Reinvestment Act, Community Reinvestment Act, Housing Market, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Politics News
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

In recent months, people have blamed Community Reinvestment Act for the meltdown in the housing market, and thus, the financial crisis. Let's examine some of the real facts.

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Manhattan Institute: Wrong Again on Fair Lending

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Cra, Government Bailout, Bailout, Predatory Lending, Community Reinvestment Act, Economy, Fair Lending, Housing Advocates, Manhattan Institute, Business News
Mark Winston Griffith

This entry is cross-posted on the DMI blog. n yesterday's New York Times, Howard Husock at the Manhattan Institute repeated the tired old argument th...

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New President, New CRA

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Community Reinvestment, Community Reinvestment Act, Subprime Crisis, Phil Gramm, Wall Street Crash, Fdic, Bank Reform, Acorn, Obama Administration, Credit Crisis, Bank Loans, Barack Obama, Cra Reform, Cra, Subprime Mortgages, McCain Campaign, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mark Winston Griffith

This nation doesn't need a weaker CRA, but a re-conceived and far stronger tool in the effort to ensure ready access to quality, non-discriminatory, financial services in all communities.

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Community-Based Lending On The Rise

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Lenders, Community Reinvestment Act, Credit Crisis, Southwest Chicago, Uno Veterans Memorial School, Community Lending Chicago, Chicago News

Several Chicago lending institutions have been able to dance around the nation's financial crisis so far. They are serving low-income minority communi...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Conservatives Seek To Shift Blame For Crisis Onto Minority Housing Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ann Coulter, Conservatives Blame Minorities for Financial Crisis, Community Reinvestment Act, Financial Crisis, Housing Problem, Politics News

Blame for the current economic crisis has been laid on many doorsteps, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999; ...

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