What becomes possible when the public owns the bank? Philadelphia wants to find out, with a public bank venture intended to support small businesses and break down the racial wealth gap.
This Wednesday, May 18, at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for a flash webinar that gathers a panel of experts to discuss what effects the proposed CRA regulation changes are likely to have on access to basic banking services, credit, community development lending, small business lending and home mortgage lending in LMI communities, especially Black and Brown communities. This latest in Next City’s Bottom Line Conversations webinar series will be a conversation with Ron Homer of RBC Global Asset Management, Horacio Mendez of Woodstock Institute, and Jaime Weisberg of the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development. The chance to significantly overhaul banking regulations comes around perhaps once in a generation — or maybe twice. Two weeks ago the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a proposed set of overhauled regulations under the Community
Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello hosts a flash webinar with Ron Homer, Horacio Mendez, and Jaime Weisberg to discuss the new rule changes proposed for the Community Reinvestment Act, and what the changes mean for communities, community development and the banking industry.
Join Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the latest in his webinar series that goes beyond the issues of equitable economic development to talk to the people who do the work.
Join Next City's Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello this month as he talks to Saki Bailey of the San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT). The SFCLT recently completed a $9.4 million acquisition of a building with 40 apartments using zero public subsidies in the middle of a notoriously competitive real estate market (which we covered here). We will talk with Bailey about her career as an attorney, policy advocate, and researcher on shared equity ownership models, currently culminating in her current role as SFCLT's executive director. We’ll also talk about what this acquisition means, and the work that remains to continue building a real estate system that doesn’t rely on generating profits for developers to work. Next City’s series “The Bottom Line” explores scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The series is made possible with support from Citi. Host [[pers