Michael Stegman, Richard Cooperstein
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October 9, 2019
With the passing of the eleventh anniversary of GSE conservatorship and the release of the administration’s long-awaited housing finance reform plans, longstanding…
W04-13: Over the past 50 years, housing expenditures have accounted for more than one fifth of the nation’s gross domestic product. But housing’s influence on the…
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The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted to encourage banking institutions to meet the credit needs of their entire communities. In response, lenders have…
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This report summarizes the information and opinions gleaned from these discussion groups. It is part of a larger study of the effectiveness of the CRA undertaken by the Joint…