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Community Affairs supports the OCC's mission to ensure a vibrant banking system by helping national banks and federal savings associations to be leaders in providing safe and sound community development financing and making financial services accessible to underserved communities and consumers, while treating their customers fairly.
Community Affairs conducts outreach and develops publications to support this goal, in addition to
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)'s Financial Literacy Update is a quarterly e-newsletter that reports upcoming events, new initiatives, and related resources of the OCC and other government agencies and organizations.
This Community Developments Fact Sheet explains how the Rural Housing Service (RHS) guarantees qualifying mortgages made by RHS-approved national banks and federal savings associations.
This Community Developments Fact Sheet explains the Federal Housing Administration's 203(b) basic home mortgage guarantee program for national banks and federal savings associations.
This edition of Community Developments Investments explains how banks can collaborate with community development financial institutions (CFDI) and other community-based organizations to help rebuild communities hit hard by natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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