Financial Services & Housing Policy That Works for Main Street
The health of our economy depends on stable, fair, and efficient financial markets, and I will continue fighting for the changes needed to prevent another financial crisis from affecting small businesses and working families on Main Street. We must lay the groundwork for a financial system that looks after our workers, invests in our small businesses, and strengthens our middle class. And we must ensure that Ohio’s financial institutions can continue to provide affordable credit and insurance to small businesses.
Housing
Stable, affordable housing is critical to ensuring strong neighborhoods, schools, and communities. But the sub-prime lending crisis hit Ohio particularly hard. Foreclosures affect the property values of surrounding homes and lead to vacant lots vulnerable to crime. Unemployment and reduced tax revenues deplete the very state and local resources needed to address vital social services. As the Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, I’m working to rebuild our neighborhoods and ensure every Ohioan has a place that he or she can call home.
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Following Fed Announcement, Brown Chairs Hearing on Regulatory Capture
Posted on 11/21/2014 -
Hearing to address lax bank regulations after ProPublica story reveals secret recordings
Posted on 11/6/2014 -
Senate Panel Sets Hearing on Bank Commodities Operations
Posted on 11/6/2014 -
Fallout From Fed Tapes Reaches Capitol Hill
Posted on 10/31/2014 -
Revitalizing Ohio neighborhoods and communities
Posted on 9/22/2014 -
Senators ask for $100M share in $16.65B settlement
Posted on 9/17/2014 -
Following a Record Settlement of More Than $16 Billion to Address Illegal Homeowner Abuses, Brown Calls for Bank of America, Future Settlements to Help Rebuild Ohio Communities
Posted on 9/17/2014