Currency comptroller rejects scapegoating of Community Reinvestment Act
In a speech last week John Dugan, comptroller of the currency, issued a strong defense of the Community Reinvestment Act — a direct response to CRA critics such as U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who have laid blame for the current housing crisis on anti-redlining legislation.
Foreclosures in Minnesota rose by 68 percent in April over the same period last year, according to the latest
It’s no secret that North Minneapolis has been hit harder by the mortgage meltdown than any place in Minnesota. While no neighborhood is immune to the housing crisis — million-dollar downtown condos are seeing foreclosures, and so…





