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Rashida Tlaib: “CDFIs in this mechanism only receive 1/10 of 1% of the…”

Featuring: Rashida Tlaib, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 12

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'40% Of The Members Don't Even Originate Mortgages': Tlaib Criticizes Federal Home Loan Bank System

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

And it has to be to individuals whose family incomes are for 80% of the average medium income. So looking at that, I wonder, and you tell me so. Yes, CDFIs in this mechanism only receive 1/10 of 1% of the federal Home Loan bank advances. Yeah. And this is where Congress has done a very elegant job of trying to recreate the original system and saying for CFIs and CDFIs, we're going to accept broader collateral that really serves the community hard time accessing Federal Home Loan bank loans. (02:36–02:44)

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Asserts that Community Development Financial Institutions receive a very small fraction of federal home loan advances.

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