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Dissecting the Congressional Appropriations Process

May 20, 2022

How Fahe Members Turn Advocacy into Impact for Our Neighbors Fahe Members work every day to turn federal investments into stable homes, stronger communities, and better infrastructure for their

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“Infrastructure Week” Comes to Appalachia with Enactment of Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

November 22, 2021

Once-in-a-Generation Investment Promises to Make the American Dream a Reality for Millions of Families On November 15th, 2021, after months of negotiations among House and Senate leaders, the

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Calculating Inequality: The Paradox of Rural Poverty and Federal Income Limits

July 19, 2021

Policymakers have long grappled with the challenge of judiciously marshalling taxpayer resources to support the communities and programs where public investments will have the strongest impact. In

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Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act

February 19, 2021

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), enacted in 1977, is a critical tool throughout much of the country to ensure banks lend, invest, and provide services to low-income people. The CRA was brought

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The Missed Opportunity of Devastating Proportions

June 2, 2020

Recently the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a regulation substantially altering the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Fahe was among many urging the OCC to suspend this

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Fahe’s Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing extremely serious health and economic impacts across the country, and without a unified national response, those impacts promise to worsen. Communities like those in

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Banks, Small towns, and the Risk to the American Dream

February 20, 2020

You may have seen various national news stories about a potential change in rules that will affect how banks direct millions of dollars into American cities and towns. Called the Community

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