Community Development Resources


Resources

A Borrowing Guide for Tribal Members 
Obtaining a loan to build, purchase, rehabilitate, refinance, or get a home equity loan on Indian tribal trust land can be a complex transaction. This brochure is intended to help tribal members understand the process. 

Community Development Investments  (1.2 MB PDF file) Offsite Link
A guide for banks, bank holding companies, and others interested in community development corporations and investments. The Credit Process: A Guide for Small

Business Owners
Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, this booklet is a resource for small business owners who are seeking outside financing for the first time, for organizations that assist them, and for lenders that target the small business market. It describes sources and types of financing, business plans, and the compilation of financial data for applications.

Consumer & Economic Development Research & Information Center
CEDRIC's principal mission is to foster research related to consumer and economic development issues.  Areas of interest include: consumer and small business financial behavior, access to credit, affordable housing, community development and reinvestment.

Perspectives
In December 1996, this publication featured several informative articles: Community Reinvestment Act – "New Community Reinvestment Act Regulation: What have been the effects?" and "Community Reinvestment Act Lending: Is it Profitable?"

Links - Tenth District

Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing

Missouri Department of Economic Development

Nebraska Department of Economic Development
New Mexico Economic Development Department
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
 
Links - National

U.S. Small Business Administration

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Community Development Finance Authority (CDFI; U.S. Treasury Program)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development