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NCST’s work increases access to homeownership, promotes resilient neighborhoods, and advances racial equity by advocating for policy change.
Our guest speakers will be..
Ernie Hogan, Executive Director and Chris Rosselot, Policy Director with Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG)
After a decade of research, a culmination of data analysis reveals a continued decline in the Black homeownership rate in Pittsburgh and Alleghany County, PA. Several factors including segregation by household income, increases to the median home values in Pittsburgh and continued corporate purchases of affordable homes are identified in PCRG’s Report “Taking Stock: A Decade in Decline for Black Homeownership in Pittsburgh” as contributing factors to the growing decline in Black homeownership rates.
Ernie Hogan and Chris Rosselot will share the results of their latest report and discuss the recommendations PCRG is making to create a statewide Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in Pennsylvania, which would apply to banks, credit unions, and other non-depository lenders with an enhanced focus on racial equity.
Please join us to hear how their organizational work is helping bring continued awareness and advocacy on this issue while also providing resources for Black families striving for homeownership.
Ernie Hogan is the Executive Director of Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG). Since joining PCRG in 2010, Hogan has upheld the organization’s mission and shepherded programs and efforts aimed at uplifting all residents — with a focus on communities of color, as well as low- and moderate-income areas. Those include the “Ain’t I A Woman” housing initiative promoting homeownership opportunities for Black women — and collaborations with community banks and public partners to introduce creative mortgage products in underserved neighborhoods.
Such programs have resulted in financial institutions reinvesting more than $5 billion in Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods. Hogan has also completed as well as assisted in Pittsburgh redevelopment efforts through the creation of affordable housing and economic development programs — totaling about $1 billion dollars in reinvestments.
He currently serves as a board member of Highland Park CDC, is vice chair of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition — and is an appointed member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Community Advisory Council, Huntington National Bank Community Advisory Board.
Chris Rosselot is the Policy Director for Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG). Rosselot started his career working in government for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, where he managed the senator’s federal community and economic development portfolio for the southwestern Pennsylvania region. He then transitioned into the private sector, where he worked on real estate development projects, mainly in underserved markets. As a consultant, Rosselot was able to bring necessary capital to communities by working with private investors, lending institutions, the government and nonprofit organizations.
He serves on the board of directors of the Northside Christian Health Center, a Federal Qualified Health Center. Rosselot is also actively involved in coaching the EastBurgh Avengers, an affordable youth travel baseball organization.
Rosselot and his wife Genevieve currently reside in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s Northside with their two children, Vivian and Theodore and their wire-haired pointer, Hamilton.
NCST’s work increases access to homeownership, promotes resilient neighborhoods, and advances racial equity by advocating for policy change.