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.

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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Does the Treasury Plan to Modernize Anti-Blight Laws Stack Up?

April 4, 2018

Reveal By Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez The Treasury Department on Monday released its plan to “modernize and improve” the Community Reinvestment Act, a 41-year-old law designed to fight the historic effects of government-sponsored lending discrimination. The move marks the…
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Greenlining Institute Urges NY Fed to Rethink Selection Process for New President

March 28, 2018

Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute today urged the New York Federal Reserve Board to rethink and restart its process for selecting a new president to replace William Dudley, set…
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Warning of the 2008 Financial Crisis – and Stopping a New Wave of Predatory Lending

March 21, 2018

It’s considered rude to say, “I told you so,” but as far as the 2008 financial crisis goes, we did. Now a new wave of financial deregulation could set up a rerun of the predatory lending boom that devastated communities…
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Will Congress Spark a New Great Recession?

March 21, 2018

Newsday By Orson Aguilar Four years before the subprime mortgage meltdown devastated the U.S. economy, my organization warned Federal Reserve Board Chair Alan Greenspan that a deregulated financial sector was hurtling us toward disaster. The New York Times, in recounting this 2004…
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Long Beach to Look at Creating More Accessible Path to Homeownership for Renters

March 19, 2018

Long Beach Post By Jason Ruiz Buying a home in Long Beach is…hard. And with the average home price well over half a million dollars in a city where rents are also increasing each year, it’s becoming more difficult for…
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Letter to Gov. Brown Regarding Opportunity Zone Initiative and Anti-Displacement Measures

March 15, 2018

The Greenlining Institute and 16 coalition members sent a brief comment letter to California Governor Jerry Brown advocating for anti-displacement measures to be further embedded in the roll out of the new Opportunity Zone initiative, a new federal program meant…
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Taking a Federal Reserve Official on a Tour of South Central L.A.

February 28, 2018

The Greenlining Institute was still a new organization in 1995. We’d just had our first Economic Development Summit the year before, featuring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, and in 1995 we did something that apparently no one…
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