Member financial institutions of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas must adhere to community support standards established by the Federal Housing Finance Board and under Title 12 CFR 944.  These standards take into account each member's performance under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977, and the member's record of lending to homebuyers.  To retain access to the Bank's long-term credit, members are required to document their community support activities by submitting a Community Support Statement (CSS) to the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) approximately every two years.

Each calendar quarter, the Finance Board selects a list of Bank members to review, which is published in the Federal Register.  These selected members, including credit unions and insurance companies, must complete and submit a CSS to the Finance Board.  Members subject to the CRA must meet both the CRA standard and the first-time-homebuyer standard.  Members with a CRA rating of "outstanding" or "satisfactory" will meet the CRA standard.  Members, including credit unions, and insurance companies, not subject to CRA, must meet only the first-time-homebuyer standard.  Any member not responding to the first-time-homebuyer standard will be restricted from access to the Bank's long-term advances.

View the list of members under review this quarter.
View regulations as published in the Federal Register

Members under review must complete and submit their Community Support Statements (CSS) by November 21, 2008 to:
 

Federal Housing Finance Board
Attn: Emma Fitzgerald
Office of Supervision,Compliance Assistance Division
1625 Eye Street
N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006-4001
Fax:  202-408-2995

Interested individuals or organizations may also submit comments on members under review.  View or download the regulation and/or the CSS form and instruction guide.