Community Reinvestment Act

Guidance

Proposed Revisions to the Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
(July 11, 2007)

OTS Questions and Answers Regarding the Community Reinvestment Act
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS),
(April 12, 2006)

Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
(March 2, 2006)

OCC Community Development Investment Letter #2004-3: National Bank May Invest in a CDE formed under the NMTC program which acquires real estate loan made to QALICB

OCC Interpretive Letter # 996: National Bank is Authorized to Acquire Non-controlling Interest in an LLC that Generates NMTCs
(July 6, 2004)

Compliance Corner: Expanding Your CRA Reach with CD Banks and CDFIs
(Summer 2004)

Legal Authority for National Bank Investments in Subsidiary Community Development Entities and NMTCs
(Summer 2004)

OCC Interpretive Letter # 984: Treatment of NMTC investments under CRA
(December 17, 2003)

Community Reinvestment Act Information
U.S. Treasury Department

Regulations

Revised Definition of Community Development under CRA Regulations 
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), April 12, 2006

Joint Final Rule: Community Reinvestment Act Regulations 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), August 2, 2005

Proposed Amendment to Community Reinvestment Act regulations 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Housing Finanace Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), March 11, 2005

Proposed Amendment to Community Reinvestment Act definition of 'small bank'  
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), August 20, 2004

Proposed Amendment to Community Reinvestment Act regulations: definition amended, abusive lending practices and other issues addressed   
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), U.S. Treasury Department, February 2004

Joint Agency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Community Reinvestment Act Regulations 
U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve System and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, July 19, 2001

  1. Comment Letter Regarding Proposed CRA Regulations
    Novogradac & Company LLP, October 16, 2001
  2. Comment Letter Regarding LIHTC and CRA Regulations 
    Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, July 20, 2000
  3. Letter Regarding Investment in a LIHTC Partnership
    U.S. Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision, November 10, 1994

Reports

Preserving Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing: How Banks Help Sustain the Nation’s Supply of Affordable Rental Housing
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Community Developments Newsletter, Spring 2008

The Community Reinvestment Act After Financial Modernization: A Baseline Report
U.S. Treasury Department, April 2000