This is another step in our plan to protect consumers and communities from predatory and abusive lending practices. Public access provides community-based organizations and state and local governments with a powerful new tool to monitor and influence lender performance in their communities. Agencies can now target specific neighborhoods for housing counseling, education, outreach, and other types of assistance. Currently, users are able to perform analysis down to the ZIP code level. However, the FHA plans to make census tract data available soon.
Users can compare performance data by lender and geographical area.
The Neighborhood Watch system also has an extensive on-line help feature. The Center to Prevent Gun Violence honored Secretary Cuomo this week for his accomplishments in reducing gun violence. More than 21,000 guns have been purchased and destroyed in 80 cities during the first year of HUD's Buyback America program. Training Events Community Connections has added a handy Conference Calendar to its Web site. The online calendar lists hundreds of local and national training events of interest to housing and community development professionals.