RELEASE: CAP Outlines Blueprint To Address Climate Resilience and Environmental Racism in Low-Income Communities of Color
Date: December 17, 2020
Contact: Julia Cusick
Washington, D.C. A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines a new framework to restructure the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to address environmental racism and build climate resilience in low-income communities of color. The CRA was enacted in 1977 to combat redlining and other forms of discriminatory lending but did not factor in environmental criteria. Since then, it has become increasingly clear that climate change has disproportionately impacted the health and economic futures of low-income communities of color.