Economic Equity works to overcome the lingering effects of redlining, help communities of color build wealth, and ensure that our financial system works for all.

Small Business Truth-in-Lending Bill Would Protect California’s Entrepreneurs of Color

September 20, 2018

California often acts as a trailblazer in national policy, and can earn that title yet again with SB 1235, authored by Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda), the nation’s first small business truth-in-lending bill. Supported by The Greenlining Institute, SB 1235 would…
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Proposed Changes to Anti-redlining Law are Misdirected, According to Experts

September 12, 2018

Legal Reader.com By Sara E. Teller The Community Reinvestment Act, signed in 1977, was designed to combat against the effects of government-sanctioned housing discrimination, otherwise referred to as “redlining,” by requiring banks to make an attempt to lend to all…
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Proposed Changes to Anti-Redlining Law Would Gut its Intended Purpose, Advocates Say

August 31, 2018

Reveal News By Emmanuel Martinez The Trump administration unveiled its vision to overhaul the federal law that regulates how banks lend to poor and working-class neighborhoods. But housing advocates say those potential changes would lower the bar for banks lending in these…
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Letter Urges Governor Brown to Protect Homeowners by Signing SB 818

August 15, 2018

The Greenlining Institute urged California Governor Jerry Brown to sign Senate Bill 818 to ensure that Californians have a fair chance of keeping their homes when the going gets tough. The bill strengthens protections created by the 2012 California Homeowner’s…
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Coalition Supports CA Resolution for Strong, Independent CFPB

August 9, 2018

A coalition of 24 organizations wrote to California Assemblywoman Monique Limón applauding her resolution expressing the state’s support for a strong and independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Assembly Joint Resolution 48 urges the President and Congress to maintain the integrity of…
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Sen. Harris’ Bill Offers Relief for Struggling Renters

August 8, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle By Orson Aguilar California and much of the country face a housing affordability crisis that’s having a particularly devastating effect on renters. Finally, we have a chance at real relief, thanks to legislation introduced by Sen. Kamala…
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Trump Administration War on CFPB Is Bad News for Communities of Color

July 5, 2018

Two years into the Trump administration, communities of color — and anyone using financial products, for that matter – are losing hope of finding an independent, dogged champion in Trump’s iteration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A brain-child of…
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One Symptom of California’s Housing Crisis? State Agency Says Someone Making $200K Deserves House-Buying Help

June 15, 2018

Orange County Register By Cal Matters When the California Housing Finance Agency was created in 1975 in Governor Jerry Brown’s first term, the mission was simple: help low- and moderate-income families buy their first home. More than 40 years later,…
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Racial Equity for the 21st Century

May 22, 2018

Over the last few months, as The Greenlining Institute has marked its 25th anniversary, we’ve been reflecting on our history, accomplishments, and occasional frustrations. And let’s be honest: The 2016 election upped the frustration level, with almost everything that matters…
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Letter to Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Urging Diverse President

April 16, 2018

The Greenlining Institute, along with the California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Popular Democracy, Chicanos Por La Causa, Community Council of Idaho, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, and TELACU, submitted a…
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