CRA Newswire

EDA: $2 Million Invested to Support Business and Job Growth in Adams County, OH

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Adams County Regional Water District in West Union, Ohio, for water infrastructure upgrades to serve the Winchester Industrial Park. This project will provide a 350,000-gallon water tank and water line that will provide…

EDA: $1.7 Million Invested to Boost Manufacturing Sector in Oxford, IN

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the town of Oxford, Indiana, for water infrastructure upgrades to support manufacturing. This project will increase capacity and reliability of water service to meet the increased needs of a local pharmaceutical manufacturer, Oxford’s largest…

EDA: $700,00 Invested to Bolster Manufacturing and Health Workforce Development in Buena Vista County, IA

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $700,000 grant to Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to purchase equipment for workforce training programs at the college’s Storm Lake Regional Center in Buena Vista County. This project will support technical training programs in advanced manufacturing and welding, electrical…

HUD: $3.1 Billion Announced to Help People Experiencing Homelessness

In response to a growing homelessness crisis, HUD makes largest-ever single-year investment in communities’ homelessness response systems. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it will provide more than $3.1 billion in competitive funding to homeless services organizations across the country for supportive services and housing programs for people experiencing…

CDFI Fund: Public Data Released on CDFI Program Recipients through 2021

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is releasing fiscal year (FY) 2021 data, which was reported in FY 2022 by active Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program and Native American Community Assistance (NACA) Program Financial Assistance (FA) Recipients via the CDFI Fund’s data collection system, known as the Annual Compliance and Performance Report…

FDIC: List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance Issued

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in April 2023. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit…

OCC: CRA Evaluations Released for 19 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of June 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The…

HUD: House Party in Chicago Spotlights “Make Home the Goal Campaign” to Empower Pathways to Homeownership

Chicago hosts inaugural regional House Party: promoting homeownership, dispelling myths, amplifying federal programs. To close out June’s National Homeownership Month, Chicago-area residents are invited to the House Party, an in-person event to amplify the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) commitment to helping more Americans realize their dream of homeownership. HUD representatives will…

FFIEC: Availability of 2022 Data on Mortgage Lending Announced

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on 2022 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by 4,460 U.S. financial institutions, including banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data are the most comprehensive publicly available information on mortgage market activity. The…

FHFA: Uniform Appraisal Dataset Aggregate Statistics Expanded with New Measures and New Quarterly Data

Agency launches two additional data dashboard The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published its 2023 first quarter data for the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Aggregate Statistics. The Data File and Dashboards also include new statistics and property characteristics.  For the first time, FHFA’s UAD Aggregate Statistics include data on residential property sales comparisons (“comparables”)….