12 CFR § 25.15 - Impact and responsiveness review of community development loans, community development investments, and community development services.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s25.15"
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title: "12 CFR § 25.15 - Impact and responsiveness review of community development loans, community development investments, and community development services."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "25.15"
section_name: "Impact and responsiveness review of community development loans, community development investments, and community development services."
chapter_name: "COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND INTERSTATE DEPOSIT PRODUCTION REGULATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 21, 22, 26, 27, 30, 36, 93a, 161, 215, 215a, 481, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1814, 1816, 1828(c), 1835a, 2901 through 2908, 3101 through 3111, and 5412(b)(2)(B)."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 71339, Dec. 15, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
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# 25.15 Impact and responsiveness review of community development loans, community development investments, and community development services.

(a) *Impact and responsiveness review, in general.* Under the Community Development Financing Test in § 25.24, the Community Development Services Test in § 25.25, and the Community Development Financing Test for Limited Purpose Banks and Savings Associations in § 25.26, the appropriate Federal banking agency evaluates the extent to which a bank's or savings association's community development loans, community development investments, and community development services are impactful and responsive in meeting community development needs in each facility-based assessment area and, as applicable, each State, multistate MSA, and the nationwide area. The appropriate Federal banking agency evaluates the impact and responsiveness of a bank's or savings association's community development loans, community development investments, or community development services based on paragraph (b) of this section, and may take into account performance context information pursuant to § 25.21(d).

(b) *Impact and responsiveness review factors.* Factors considered in evaluating the impact and responsiveness of a bank's or savings association's community development loans, community development investments, and community development services include, but are not limited to, whether the community development loan, community development investment, or community development service:

(1) Benefits or serves one or more persistent poverty counties;

(2) Benefits or serves one or more census tracts with a poverty rate of 40 percent or higher;

(3) Benefits or serves one or more geographic areas with low levels of community development financing;

(4) Supports an MDI, WDI, LICU, or CDFI, excluding certificates of deposit with a term of less than one year;

(5) Benefits or serves low-income individuals, families, or households;

(6) Supports small businesses or small farms with gross annual revenues of $250,000 or less;

(7) Directly facilitates the acquisition, construction, development, preservation, or improvement of affordable housing in High Opportunity Areas;

(8) Benefits or serves residents of Native Land Areas;

(9) Is a grant or donation;

(10) Is an investment in projects financed with LIHTCs or NMTCs;

(11) Reflects bank or savings association leadership through multi-faceted or instrumental support; or

(12) Is a new community development financing product or service that addresses community development needs for low- or moderate-income individuals, families, or households.