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Comment Of Legal Scholars On Occ's Community Reinvestment Act Anpr (Docket Id Occ-2018-0008), Vincent Rougeau, Patricia A. Mccoy
Comment Of Legal Scholars On Occ's Community Reinvestment Act Anpr (Docket Id Occ-2018-0008), Vincent Rougeau, Patricia A. Mccoy
Vincent D. Rougeau
Comment submitted to the federal government on a proposal to revise the rule implementing the Community Reinvestment Act.
Soulful Pray-Er: A Review Of Charlene Smith And John Feister's Thea's Song: The Life Of Thea Bowman, Vincent D. Rougeau
Soulful Pray-Er: A Review Of Charlene Smith And John Feister's Thea's Song: The Life Of Thea Bowman, Vincent D. Rougeau
Vincent D. Rougeau
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A Crisis Of Caring: A Catholic Critique Of American Welfare Reform, Vincent D. Rougeau
A Crisis Of Caring: A Catholic Critique Of American Welfare Reform, Vincent D. Rougeau
Vincent D. Rougeau
The current deterioration of the American economy is bringing new attention to the problem of poverty in the United States. After falling over the last few years, the number of Americans living in poverty has begun to rise once again. Notwithstanding the achievements of recent "welfare reforms," the American poor continue to be numerous by any measure. Unfortunately, decades of affluence have exacerbated American tendencies to view liberal concepts such as freedom, autonomy, tolerance, and choice in ways that accentuate personal autonomy over community integration. These liberal values have been increasingly unhinged from strong countervailing principles like duty and responsibility, …
The Community Reinvestment Act: Questionable Premises And Perverse Incentives, Vincent D. Rougeau, Keith N. Hylton
The Community Reinvestment Act: Questionable Premises And Perverse Incentives, Vincent D. Rougeau, Keith N. Hylton
Vincent D. Rougeau
Having just passed the twentieth anniversary of the enactment of the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA" or "Act"), this is an appropriate time to take stock of the effectiveness of the legislation and to consider whether it continues to be useful as a tool for addressing the problems of neighborhood decline and discrimination in the lending market. Although discrimination in lending and the decline of certain inner-city neighborhoods is a problem that the CRA has not been able to solve, most observers would agree that the situation has improved since the mid-1970s. In particular, there has been notable progress toward the …