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On February 1, the bipartisan Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022 was introduced in both the House and Senate. The bill,…

OFN recently submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as part of the agency’s process to implement…

On January 5, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing entitled,…

On December 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 265 organizations $180.3 million in…

On December 2, Congress passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to maintain fiscal year (FY) 2021 spending levels through February 18, 2022….

On November 18, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, the Chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee, and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the…

On November 2, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced the creation of a new office to support the agency’s…

On October 21, a new coalition of 20 leading affordable housing organizations, including OFN, urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to…

As Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee has emphasized: “Housing is Infrastructure!” Robust investments in affordable housing must…