FHFA: Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Underserved Markets Plans for Duty to Serve Program Published
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) Underserved Markets Plans for 2018-2020 under the Duty to Serve program. The Plans become effective January 1, 2018. FHFA issued a final rule on December 13, 2016 to implement the Duty to Serve provisions mandated by the Housing and Economic…
SBA: Veterans Business Outreach Center Fund Opportunity Announced
Private organizations, colleges and universities, private sector firms, nonprofit organizations and state, local or tribal governmental agencies are eligible to apply for funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide training and counseling to aspiring and existing veteran small business owners as a Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC). The grant awardees will be providing training…
The World’s Greatest Toy Store May Disappear: CRA and the Retail Workforce
For any child that grew up in the era of G.I. Joe, Transformers and Care Bears, there was no greater experience than wandering the cavernous, local Toys R Us store. I remember walking down the aisles, with floors polished to the point you could see your reflection, and gazing upwards at pegs of action figures…