Massachusetts Community & Banking Council

Providing a collaborative forum for Massachusetts financial institutions and community organizations to meet and share information with the goal of affecting positive change in the availability of credit and financial services in low and moderate income communities and communities of color across the Commonwealth.

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Join MCBC: Stay Current, Get Connected

MCBC helps financial institutions to stay current on all of the information needed to meet CRA requirements and reach customers. Membership donations to MCBC are a qualified investment under the State’s CRA statute.

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MCBC Mortgage Lending Committee

Mortgage Lending Committee works to expand homeownership opportunities for low-and moderate-income homebuyers and to sustain home ownership in low-and moderate-income neighborhoods.

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MCBC Economic Development Committee

Economic Development Committee promotes the economic revitalization of low-and moderate-income communities in Massachusetts by providing insight, ideas and information designed to encourage small business lending and growth.

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Reducing Racial Wealth Inequalities in Greater Boston: Building a Shared Agenda

By David Bryant, Ginger Haggerty, Cynthia Parker, Mimi Turchinetz, and Esther Schlorholtz Released by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston In…

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Notes from 9/14/17 Economic Development Committee Meeting

The September 14th Economic Development Committee Meeting included a lot of great information, including: 1) Presentation by Laurence Stock from Numerated Growth Technologies, an Eastern Labs spinoff, 2) an Update from Interise on the C3 Anchor Institution Initiative Hackathon, and 3) an update on MCBC’s Small Business Lending in Minority Neighborhoods Report. Our next Economic Development Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, October 26th at 9:30 AM at Interise, 197 Portland Street, Boston.

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Notes from 9.12.17 Mortgage Lending Committee Meeting

The September 12th Mortgage Lending Committee Meeting included a lot of great information, including: 1) Presentation on the 2017 State of the Nation’s Housing Report, 2) Updates on Changing Patterns XXIV and Forum date of January 23rd, and 3) MHP and MassHousing 6/30/17 Delinquency and Foreclosure Reports. Our next Mortgage Lending Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 24 at 9:00 AM at MHP, 160 Federal Street, 2nd Floor, Boston.

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In my role as a Director and Chair of MCBC, I have come to appreciate the significant value the organization brings to the citizens of Massachusetts. I am proud of the work we do to improve access to credit and build partnerships towards this effort.

Tim Burrill, Citizens Bank