Community Reinvestment Act
Guidance
Notice: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (OTS)
(March 11, 2010)
Notice: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (Board); Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (OTS)
(January 6, 2009)
OCC Bulletin 2008-24: Community Reinvestment Act and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC)
(September 29, 2008)
Community Development Investment Letter #2008-1: Investment in Fund for Solar Energy Producing Facilities
(July 31, 2008)
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 Bulletin 2006-6: Community Reinvestment Act and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC)
(February 9, 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
Equity Equivalent Investments
Community Investments Newsletter, Volume 14; No. 1; March, 2002
Regulations
Final Rule: Community and Economic
Development Entities, Community
Development Projects, and Other
Public Welfare Investments
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), April 7, 2009
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
- Comment Letter Regarding Proposed CRA Regulations
Novogradac & Company LLP, October 16, 2001 - Comment Letter Regarding LIHTC and CRA Regulations
Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, July 20, 2000 - Letter Regarding Investment in a LIHTC Partnership
U.S. Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision, November 10, 1994
Reports
In Defense of CRA: Making the Case fo Community Investment
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, March 2009
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
Community Developments Insights: New Markets Tax Credits: Unlocking Investment Potential
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), February 27, 2007
The Community Reinvestment Act After Financial Modernization: A Baseline Report
U.S. Treasury Department, April 2000