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Announcements

Call For 2026 Just Economy Conference Session Ideas

By NCRC

Add your voice and expertise to the 2026 Just Economy Conference. The conference takes place April 13-14 in Washington, DC, and will be followed by NCRC’s member-only Hill Day on April 15. This is the national event for community, business, foundation, policy and government leaders who want a nation that not only promises but delivers. [Read More ([link removed] ) ]

News

NCRC Announces Housing Counseling Network Open Enrollment Period

By NCRC

While HCN has a focus on increasing network participation for agencies working with rural populations during this round of selections, all HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are encouraged to apply. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

NCRC Announces Extension For Housing Counseling Services Grant Applications

By NCRC

The HCS program, a part of the well-established, multi-year Field Empowerment Fund (FEF), was launched in February through a partnership with KeyBank. The current extension is the result of a partnership with HSBC, which will allocate an additional $1.2 million in HSBC geographies for direct-to-client housing counseling services that will be awarded in three rounds. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Research

Displaced By Design: Fifty Years Of Gentrification And Black Cultural Displacement In US Cities

By Bruce C. Mitchell, Jad Edlebi, Helen C.S. Meier, Jason Richardson, Joseph Dean and Liang Chen

Nationwide patterns of gentrification appear to be accelerating, though it remains less common than population decline and abandonment in American urban neighborhoods. 15% of central city neighborhoods had indications of gentrification, compared to the 26% which had substantial population decline over the past fifty years. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Empty Shelves And The Possibility Of A Recession: May 2025 Race, Jobs And The Economy Update

By Joseph Dean

The economy added 177,000 jobs in April while the unemployment rate remained at 4.2%. The February and March job gains were revised down by 15,000 and 43,000, respectively. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Views

“Opportunity Zones” For Whom? Lack Of Equitable Development Outcomes Highlights Need For Reforms To Key Program

By Timantha Goff

The Opportunity Zones (OZs) that were created via the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 with the intention of closing the economic gap between these communities are inadvertently accomplishing quite the opposite effect. Instead of capital flowing to the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, it has flowed to the most commercially viable of the OZs, further fueling the dynamic of gentrification. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

NCRC Member Advances Housing Accessibility And Sustainability In Rural New Mexico

By Nicole Rothstein

For over half a century, Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation has been a trailblazer in the community development sphere, providing single and multi-family housing to farmworkers, seniors and lower-income individuals across rural New Mexico. For most of those years, executive director Rose Garcia has been at the heart and helm of the organization. [Read More ([link removed] ) ]

Dissecting The 2026 Skinny Budget: A Closer Look At Cuts To Economic And Equity Programs

By Lauren Wolters

The Trump administration’s fiscal plan for 2026, also known as the president’s “skinny budget,” proposes severe cuts to many programs that Americans rely on. The following cuts may have a significant impact for NCRC members... [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Events

Empowering Rural Communities: Strategies for Capacity Building

May 27, 2 - 3:30 pm ET

Join NCRC’s National Training Academy for this training on the unique challenges – but also powerful, untapped strengths – of rural communities. We will explores practical strategies to build local capacity, strengthen partnerships, and drive sustainable development in rural areas. Learn how to identify community assets, secure resources, and implement programs that empower residents and expand opportunity. Whether you’re a practitioner, advocate, or local leader, gain tools to support long-term growth and resilience in rural regions. [Register Here] ([link removed] )

Government Contracting For Beginners (Part 2)

May 28, 10 - 11:30 am ET

You probably know that the federal government is the world’s biggest customer. Have you wondered how to sell to them? How to get started in positioning your business to sell to the world’s biggest customer. This webinar is dedicated to demystify/deconstruct how your business can begin to sell to federal agencies, and why federal agencies may want to buy from you. [Register here] ([link removed] ))

In The News

San Diego's Redlining Legacy Revealed Through ‘Beyond the Line’ Art And Storytelling

By Lauren J. Mapp, Daylight San Diego

According to an analysis ([link removed] ) of U.S. Census data by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a group of nonprofits that conducts research and grantmaking to support housing equality, in 1960, when segregation was still legal, there was a 27.3% gap in homeownership between Black and White Americans. The gap hit its lowest point in 1990 at 19.5%, but by 2020, the gap had grown to 29%. [Read More ([link removed] ) ]

New Report Maps Decades-Long Racial Shift In Atlanta Neighborhoods

By Alia Pharr, The Telegraph

Data released Wednesday by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition says, among the nation's major metropolitan areas, Atlanta had the second highest number of Census tracts flip from majority Black to majority white between 1980 and 2020. [Read More ([link removed] ) ]

On Our Radar

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore Environmental Grant Funding

By Amy Green, Inside Climate News

A federal judge said Monday he would order the Trump administration to restore $176 million granted by Congress to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities nationwide. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

Resources

Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club

It's a DC hub for nonprofits and the social sector, around the corner from the White House. Move your team into a private office or host your meetings and events. [Read more ([link removed] ) ]

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Register for NCRC's catalog of professional development courses. [Learn ([link removed] ) more ([link removed] ) ]

Research And Reports

We have an extensive library of research and reports that dates back many years! [View all ([link removed] ) ]

Fair Lending Tool

Use our interactive tool to produce a report on mortgages, small business lending and bank branch networks for any city, county or metro area in the nation. [Access the tool here ([link removed] ) ]

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