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How Does Worker Health and Safety Matter for Full Employment?
In this interview, Visiting Scholar Lola Loustaunau discusses her research with food processing workers in Oregon and Washington, how worker health and safety relates to full employment, ways to address barriers workers face, and COVID-19’s impact on workers in essential industries.
Publications
Community Development Research Briefs
Recent Innovations in Reducing Home Energy Costs and Improving Resilience for Low- and Moderate-Income Renters and Homeowners
Community Development (CD) practitioners across the western U.S. are engaging in new efforts to reduce energy costs and improve resilience for low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities. New federal and state funding sources, as well as growing involvement from philanthropy and CRA-motivated investors, have prompted growth in energy cost savings and resilience (ECSR) options for LMI households. To help scale this work, CD practitioners are experimenting with partnerships that have led to innovations in lending, technical implementation of home retrofits, coordination across programs, consumer protection, workforce development, and technical assistance for CD practitioners.
Data
2021 Small Business Credit Survey Reports: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
Analysis of the performance, financing needs and options, and borrowing experiences of small businesses in five western states.
Initiatives
Community Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is a landmark law enacted in 1977 to address systemic inequities in access to credit. The CRA encourages banks to help meet the credit needs of their entire communities in which they do business, with a focus on low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities, consistent with safe and sound operations.
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Community Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is a landmark law enacted in 1977 to address systemic inequities in access to credit. The CRA encourages banks to help meet the credit needs of their entire communities in which they do business, with a focus on low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities, consistent with safe and sound operations.
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