HUD: Fair Housing Investigation Launched into Minneapolis’ Race-Based Housing Plan
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) notified the City of Minneapolis that it has launched an investigation into the city’s comprehensive racialized housing plans, which HUD believes may violate the Fair Housing Act and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Minnesota is…
CFPB: Agency Issues Fair Lending Report 2024
This report satisfies three statutorily imposed reporting requirements related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s fair lending program under 12 U.S.C. § 5493(c)(2)(D); 15 U.S.C. § 1691f; and 12 U.S.C. § 2807 and reflects the priorities and work of the CFPB and sister agencies for calendar year 2024. Since that time, the agency’s fair…
CFPB: Small Business Lending Data Collection Proposed Rule Issued to Revise Section 1071 Requirements
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposes revisions to certain provisions of Regulation B, subpart B, implementing changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Bureau is reconsidering coverage of certain credit transactions and financial institutions; the small business…
OCC: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Issued to Rescind 12 CFR 27 Fair Housing Home Loan Data System
On October 6, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to rescind 12 CFR 27, “Fair Housing Home Loan Data System.” In connection with the OCC’s ongoing efforts to tailor bank supervision and regulation to bank risk profile, the OCC has reviewed 12 CFR 27 (part…
SBA: Center of Faith Launched Including Removal of Ban on Disaster Relief for Faith Organizations
Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched its Center for Faith to empower faith-based businesses, community organizations, and houses of worship with access to capital, counselling, and government contracting opportunities. As part of its commitment to ending federal discrimination against religious entities, the agency is also eliminating a regulation, previously upheld by the Biden…
OCC: References to Disparate Impact Removed from OCC “Fair Lending” Booklet and No Longer Included in Examinations
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has removed references to supervising banks1 for disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook and has commenced removing references in other issuances. Concurrently, the OCC has instructed its examiners that they should no longer examine for disparate impact. Note for Community Banks The OCC’s…
FFIEC: 2024 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Published
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently published data on 2024 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by 4,908 U.S. financial institutions. The Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset released contains the national HMDA datasets as of May 19, 2025. The FFIEC released several data products to serve a variety of data users,…
HUD: Secretary Scott Turner Commemorates Fair Housing Month
Championing Faith, Freedom, and Fair Housing for all Americans U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner today recognized April as Fair Housing Month, unveiling this year’s theme: “Faith, Freedom, & Fair Housing.” Secretary Turner marked the historical milestone with a message reaffirming HUD’s responsibility to uphold the Fair Housing Act and…
OCC: Bulletin Issued to Update OCC Contact Information for Certain Community Reinvestment Act, Fair Housing Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act Notices and Posters
Summary This bulletin informs banks1 of the appropriate names and addresses for notices required by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and for posters required by the Fair Housing Act. Banks should make the appropriate changes to their notices and posters, if necessary, within 90 days of this bulletin’s date of issuance….
CFPB: 2024 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application Register (LAR) data for 2024 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) HMDA Platform for approximately 4,898 HMDA filers. The published data contain loan-level information filed by financial institutions and modified to protect consumer privacy. To increase public accessibility, the annual loan-level LAR data…