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The Community Affairs Office (CAO) issues a wide array of publications. CAO publications include a magazine that highlights community reinvestment activities, profiles that assess the credit needs of communities and identify programs that help banks meet those needs, and special publications that cover topics such as fair lending and small business technical assistance.

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Communities & Banking Communities & Banking, the only magazine focused on low- and moderate-income issues in New England, is a forum for sharing ideas, research, and best practices that can build the economic strength of communities and individuals. Anyone with relevant ideas to share is invited to contact the editor, caroline.ellis@bos.frb.org.	New England Community Developments A quarterly publication exploring emerging issues in community development and consumer affairs. Each issue also reports on recent events in community development and consumer affairs for each of the six New England states.	Community Development Discussion Papers These papers are a series of research publications exploring regional and national issues in community development, consumer affairs, and economic education. These papers begin in 2005.


Revisiting the CRA: Perspectives on the Future of the Community Reinvestment Act Research papers and essays that document how much the industry has changed since the CRA was passed in 1977, including proposals for CRA reform. Jointly published by the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and San Francisco.	Closing the Gap: A Guide to Equal Opportunity Lending Describes a program for financial institutions seeking to ensure all loan applicants are treated fairly and receive equal access to credit. Recommendations cover responsibilities for bank boards of directors, management, and staff in hiring, training, underwriting, and marketing of mortgages.	Faith-Based Community Economic Development: Principles & Practices This booklet provides an introduction to faith-based community economic development.


Pathways to Getting Ahead This booklet is targeted to young adults, and aims to spur thinking about the importance of asset building in their personal lives and about how larger policy decisions impact the choices they make.	REO & Vacant Properties: Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization Topics include REO markets and how they operate; Keeping properties occupied despite delinquencies; and stabilizing neighborhoods after foreclosures	The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S. A joint project of the Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System and the Brookings Institution, this report profiles 16 high-poverty communities from across the country.

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