“Dream big!” event brings together nation’s top experts on Special Purpose Credit Programs
September 18, 2024
A packed room of activists, bankers and policymakers were challenged to “dream big” last night as we took a deep dive into an long-underutilized tool to close racial wealth gaps. […]
Read More EventsPrograms with a Purpose forum on September 17 with The Racial Wealth Gap Partnership
September 02, 2024
Boston, MA – It has been called exciting, innovative, expansive. On July 1st, the Covenant Homeownership Program in Washington state opened for business offering assistance to low-income homebuyers whose families […]
Read More NewsWe are growing again
August 20, 2024
Our membership is growing again. Savers Bank, with more than 100 years of experience offering expansive comprehensive financial services to residents of Southbridge and adjacent communities in central Massachusetts, recently […]
Read More NewsAnnual Mortgage Lending Matters Report Released
July 24, 2024
Number of Mortgages to Black and Latine Households Remain at Proportional Shares Despite Rising Interest Rate Environment; Racial Gaps in Denial Rates Remain Large, Unyielding Boston, MA – While the […]
Read More NewsPFE Welcomes Northern Bank and First Citizens Bank as Members
March 22, 2024
Our membership is growing. Two banks, Northern Bank and First Citizens Bank, have joined Partnership for Financial Equity as new members in recent weeks. Welcome! Founded in 1960, Northern Bank […]
Read More NewsBusinesses in Low Income Areas and Neighborhoods of Color Across Massachusetts Receive Fewer Loans Than Peers in 2021; Local Lenders Lead in Year Two of PPP
February 05, 2024
Boston, MA – Businesses in low-income tracts across the Commonwealth receive less than their respective percentage of loans, both in terms of the number of loans and the total dollar […]
Read More NewsNew Paper on Special Purpose Credit Programs as Tool for Greater Equity
December 20, 2023
Boston, MA – A little-used tool that has been available since 1976 is the focus of a new report released today by the nonprofit Partnership for Financial Equity with support […]
Read More EventsNearly 400 attend two-day Financial Equity Summit 2023
October 04, 2023
Thank you to all of our sponsors, speakers, panelists and attendees in making our second annual Financial Equity Summit a huge success. This year’s Summit featured Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea […]
Read More NewsFirstGenHome – From Massachusetts to Minnesota and Beyond
August 10, 2023
It started in Dorchester. The nation’s first ever program to support first-generation homebuyers, those without the Bank of Mom and Dad, was launched here in Massachusetts in 2019 by the […]
Read More NewsPartnership for Financial Equity and Woodstock Institute Release Mortgage Lending Matters
June 29, 2023
Number of Mortgages to Black and Latino/a Households Remain at All-Time Highs for Second Consecutive Year; Boston Losing Buyers of Color with Gateway Cities Gaining Boston, MA – More Black […]
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