The Community Reinvestment Act: Its Usefulness and Approaches to Reform

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 12:49 p.m.

In this podcast, Diego Zuluaga, a Cato Institute policy analyst, joins us for a discussion of the CRA's history, its effectiveness in increasing access to credit and addressing discrimination, the role of community groups, calls to expand CRA coverage to credit unions and fintech lenders, how regulators are approaching CRA reform, and creating a system of tradeable obligations to simplify compliance.