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The November 2016 issue of The NCUA Report has been posted. It examines how the recent changes to the NCUA’s rules governing field of membership will facilitate consumer access to credit at federal credit unions.

The FDIC has issued FIL-77-2016 to announce an interagency webinar scheduled for November 29, 2016, that will focus on the recently revised Interagency Questions and Answers regarding Community Reinvestment.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released its Performance and Accountability Report, which details FHFA’s activities as regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and as regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during fiscal year 2016.

HUD has announced it has issued formal guidance to Public Housing Authorities and others participating in the Department’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) on how to meet their fair housing, civil rights and relocation obligations during all phases of RAD’s conversion process.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released its third semi-annual "Snapshot of servicemember complaints," which reviews and analyzes 18,000 complaints submitted to the agency related to mortgage refinancing.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged housing providers in Georgia, Louisiana, and New Hampshire with violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. HUD has also announced charges against landlords in South Florida alleging discrimination against tenants with disabilities and separate agreements with landlords in Nevada and Massachusetts resolving similar charges.

The Federal Reserve System released its September 2016 G.19 consumer credit and first quarter 2016 payment system risk data.

The Federal Reserve has released the October 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) on bank lending practices, which addresses changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months. The summary discusses the responses from 69 domestic banks and 21 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has published a final rule at 81 FR 78054 in this morning's Federal Register identifying communities in Ulster County, New York, and Franklin and Lincoln Counties, Tennessee, that are scheduled for suspension from the National Flood Insurance Program on November 18, 2016, because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program.

FDIC FIL-74-2-16 was issued on Friday, to announce steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and to facilitate recovery in areas of Virginia affected by Hurricane Matthew.