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Peter
Skillern is Executive Director of the Community
Reinvestment Association of North Carolina (CRA-NC).
CRA-NC is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to promote and protect
community wealth. Under the leadership of Mr.
Skillern, CRA-NC has emerged as a national voice on the
issue of predatory lending and the need for reforms in the
subprime lending markets.
In the year 2000 he served as a member of the
HUD/Treasury Task Force on Predatory Lending and the HUD
GSE Advisory Committee. In 2001, he testified before
Congress on the secondary market and subprime lending.
In 2002, CRA-NC received the James Rouse Award for
Excellence in Community Reinvestment from the National
Community Reinvestment Coalition. In 2003, CRA-NC
received the North Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition's
Sister Barbara Sullivan Award for addressing affordable
housing needs in North Carolina. In 2004, Skillern
received the National Fair Housing Alliance's Annual Award
for exceptional contributions to fair lending in the
United States.
Skillern has twenty years experience in the field of housing and
community development, having previously worked with the
National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, DC.
He
holds a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning from
UNC-Chapel Hill, and is
a founder and officer of the North Carolina Fair Housing
Center.
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