America’s Community Reinvestment Act is sensitive, but still up for revision
Tag: neighbourhoods
Rules on bank lending in poor neighbourhoods are being rethought
THE document is dry, dusted with references to “benchmarks”, “performance evaluation” and “a metric-based framework”. But the 25 pages published on August 28th by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), one of America’s federal bank regulators, may start a protracted dispute over lenders’ obligations to poor neighbourhoods and hence to racial minorities. […]
The best walking neighbourhoods in the UK – does yours make the list?
The best walking neighbourhoods have been revealed in the first ever study. According to new research by the Department of Transport, walking trips have delicined by 19 per cent, which inspired the recent study. Chief executive of the Ramblers, behind the study, Vanessa Griffiths said: “Many of our towns and cities have been designed without […]
Coolest neighbourhoods in the world revealed – and TOOTING makes the list
Travel website Lonely Planet has included Tooting, south London, in its list of the globe’s must-visit locations. Despite being best-known as the setting for Citizen Smith, it is listed alongside New York City’s Sunset Park district and the picturesque Borgo San Frediano, in Florence. Lonely Planet reckon Tooting, where the average price of a semi-detached […]
