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A Way to Navigate Community Reinvestment

by Susan Williams | Feb 1, 2016 | blog, Community Reinvestment

I’ve been intrigued by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ever since the Atlanta Journal-Constitution won a Pulitzer Prize by using its data to demonstrate a pervasive lack of lending in some of Atlanta’s inner city zipcodes. I’ve always had a big interest in community...

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