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Dear Fellows and Friends:
We’re pleased to announce that the next National Academy of Housing and Cities lunch will be:
WHERE: U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), 400 Seventh St., SW, right across the street from HUD.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 27, 2015, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Arrive at 11:45 a.m. to allow time to go through security.
WHAT: “An Overview of The Origin And Evolution of the Community Reinvestment Act – From The 1977 Enactment of a Two-Page Statute Intended To Erode the Impact of Redlining In Urban Areas to The Upsurge of CRA Lending and Investment to Address Low-and Moderate-Income Community Needs That Banks Generate Today”;
WHO: Academy Fellow Barry Wides, Deputy Comptroller of Community Affairs (see attached bio – Freddie Mac, Resolution Trust, OMB). Introduction by Academy Fellow Orlando Cabrera, former HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; currently Of Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs
COST: NO CHARGE FOR ALL ATTENDEES
RSVP: Space limited! See you there!