Program areas at NCRC
Membership, research & ncrc's just economy conference:membership: National Community Reinvestment Coalition provides broad set of benefits and special services for its member organizations, including customized data analysis, trainings, technical assistance, legislative and regulatory updates, and more.research: ncrc's research analysis provides powerful tools for advocates and organizations seeking to understand and address patterns of lending and investment in their communities.ncrc's just economy conference: National Community Reinvestment Coalition's annual conference is one of the nation's largest gatherings of Community non- profits, policymakers, government officials, small businesses, financial institutions and academia. The conference includes a wide range of cutting-edge workshops on Community organizing and advocacy, housing, access to capital and credit, workforce and Community development, fair lending and business development. It also features the foremost experts and advocates sharing new developments, best practices and innovative ideas for Community Reinvestment as well as keynote addresses from prominent officials and leaders in the field.
Fair housing and fair lending - ncrc's fair housing program conducts testing and investigations, pursues independent enforcement actions, provides training and produces analysis to ensure equitable access to affordable housing choices.ncrc's fair lending and consumer protection team conducts testing and compliance investigations, provides training to lenders and produces analysis to ensure equitable access to credit and financial products.our team also works closely with ncrc members and our policy and government relations teams to advance policies that make fair housing, fair lending and equitable access to financial services a National priority and a local reality.
Housing counseling network and National training academy. National Community Reinvestment Coalition is a recognized hud certified National housing counseling intermediary. Through the ncrc housing counseling network initiative, professional housing counselors and mortgage advisors provide comprehensive housing counseling to consumers directly from ncrc's highly trained staff based in Washington, d.c., and through a network of hcn "partner" member organizations located throughout the nation. The National training academy builds capacities of organizations to serve their constituents with greater impact.
Audience & influence ncrc publishes origional research, analysis and articles. Ncrc also works with the National and regional press to hghlight ncrc research findings and perspectives on economic justice, public sector policies and regulations and private sector practices that support or hinder an inclusive exonomy.
The generating real opportunities for work through housing (growth) initiative - ncrc creates pathways to home ownership for low and moderate income families and improves property values for low and moderate income communities. The initiative creates an inventory of affordable, secure homeownership options while providing construction jobs and workforce training and development opportunities to local residents
Advancing business formation, resilience and growth - ncrc continued to expand the ways we advance entrepreneurship, from creating impact ventures to providing assistance, training and financial support directly to small businesses. We also provided groundbreaking research on the pandemic's impacts on small businesses and in support of increased small business data collection.
Racial economic equity (ree) - through this work, ncrc explores the challenges communities are facing in leveraging, deploying and aligning long-term capital to advance racial equity priorities and develops new tools in support of communities seeking and organizing around capital resources.