FSIC Housing Task Force Blog Post – Government’s appraisal bias task force discusses progress
Earlier this year President Joe Biden directed Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to oversee a cross-government task force
FSIC Op-ed: – Freddie Mac’s Confirmation of Appraisal Bias Shows Need for System-Wide Reforms
(Published in RealClear Policy 10/11/21) The idea that minorities face disproportionate challenges in the American housing system is hardly new. However, Freddie Mac has provided fresh data that...
FSIC Blog Post – New Research on Reducing Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
With a significant problem like this, many overhauls and improvements are required in the housing industry to achieve fairer economic opportunities. The growth of technology-based lending, or “fintech,”...
FSIC Op-ed: COVID Has Proven That Block Grants Don’t Work
The COVID crisis has shed light on many systemic vulnerabilities in our country. Most notably, the unwillingness of many states to use federal allocations to help their citizens...
FSIC Sends Letter to Congress – Don’t Hurt Marginalized Voices with Antitrust Internet Bills
We, the undersigned, request that the House Judiciary Committee antitrust bills, H.R. 3849, the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition Enabling Service Switching Act; H.R. 3826, the Platform Competition and...
FSIC Op-ed – Vulnerable Americans Can’t Build Credit, but Congress can Change That
The legislation targets a critical problem. Too often lenders deny credit access to those who don’t have an extensive credit history, which can unfairly penalize these consumers and perpetuate the problem. With little...
Pass Conversion Tax Credits to Revitalize Our Cities and Address Housing Needs
According to Kevin B. Kimble, Esq., Founder and CEO of FSIC - Predictions that urban centers are in an inevitable downward spiral may be overblown, but legitimate concerns...
Press Release – FSIC Announces Formation of Housing Task Force
FSIC is pleased to announce the creation of its Housing Task Force. It is no secret that housing is the key to economic stability for most Americans, but...
AIOF MISBEF Microloan Program Helps Entrepreneur Launch Small Business
AIOF is pleased to announce Telia Garry of Richmond, VA as its first MISBEF Microloan Program Awardee. As a Kiva Trustee, AIOF’s partnership with KIVA US, was launched...
CRYPTOCURRENCY AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THE SEC: The Case for an Investigation
As has been true in the past with other innovations, regulators have struggled with how to handle this new technology. This could not be any more evident than...
