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	America's Community Bankers America's Community Bankers represents the nation's community banks of all charter types and sizes. ACB members pursue progressive, entrepreneurial and service-oriented strategies in providing financial services to benefit their customers and communities.
	Federal Housing Administration The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a wholly owned government corporation, was established under the National Housing Act of 1934 to improve housing standards and conditions; to provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgages; and to stabilize the mortgage market.
	Federal Reserve Board The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
	House Banking Committee
	Independent Community Bankers of America The Independent Community Bankers of America (formerly the Independent Bankers Association of America) is the primary voice for community banks in the United States. ICBA is an advocate for some 5,500 community banks with 16,700 locations nationwide, representing the industry before Congress, state legislatures, regulators and the media.
	Mortgage Bankers Association ofAmerica Mortgage Bankers Association of America is the preeminent association representing the real estate finance industry.
	National Association of Home Builders
	National Bankers Association The National Bankers Association was founded in 1927 as the trade association for the nation's 103 minority and women-owned banks (MWOBs). Our institutions are deeply committed to providing employment opportunities, entrepreneurial capital and economic revitalization in neighborhoods which often have little or no access to alternative financial services.
	Office of Thrift Supervision The Office of Thrift Supervision is the primary regulator of all federal and many state-chartered thrift institutions, which include savings banks and savings and loan associations.
	U.S. Conference of Mayors The United States Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.
	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address America's housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation's communities, and enforce fair housing laws. HUD's business is helping create a decent home and suitable living environment for all Americans, and it has given America's cities a strong national voice at the Cabinet level.
	U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) The SBA's mission is to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters. Starting a Business Business Plan Info Financing Info

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