Community Development Innovation Review
February 2009
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The Community Reinvestment Act: 30 Years of Wealth Building and What We Must Do to Finish the Job
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is a comprehensive law that has leveraged trillions of dollars in loans, investments, and bank services for minority and working-class neighborhoods. The CRA was passed in 1977 in response to the refusal of some banks to make loans available in minority and working-class communities. Since that time, the CRA has placed a continuing and affirmative obligation on banks to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they operate. Further, not only has the CRA successfully deterred discrimination in lending, but it has also required that banks proactively assess and serve community needs in a safe and sound manner.
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Other articles in this issue
A Framework for Revisiting the CRA
The Community Reinvestment Act and the Recent Mortgage Crisis
The 30th Anniversary of the CRA: Restructuring the CRA to Address the Mortgage Finance Revolution
The CRA within a Changing Financial Landscape
The Community Reinvestment Act: Outstanding, and Needs to Improve
It’s the Rating, Stupid: A Banker’s Perspective on the CRA
The Community Reinvestment Act at 30 Years
A Tradable Obligation Approach to the Community Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinvestment Act: Past Successes and Future Opportunities
A More Modern CRA for Consumers
CRA Lending During the Subprime Meltdown
Expanding the CRA to All Financial Institutions
What Lessons Does the CRA Offer the Insurance Industry?
The CRA as a Means to Provide Public Goods
Putting Race Explicitly into the CRA
Community Reinvestment Emerging from the Housing Crisis
A Principle-Based Redesign of HMDA and CRA Data