Available monthly and at the block level for the City of Chicago, this
resource provides community stakeholders the information they need to
understand the scope of the problem and measure the success of their
efforts.
Community organizations lack the resources to establish a new credit union,
while credit unions have difficulty penetrating underserved markets. In these
four cases, a strategic partnership helped bridge the gap.
For many Chicago region households, affordable housing is rental
housing. With 35 percent of the foreclosures filed in 2007 affecting
multi-family rental units, what can be done to keep these units on the
market?
Getting a payday loan in Illinois means choosing
between one with strong consumer protections and one without. Read why that
choice isn’t nearly as easy as it sounds.
The Federal Reserve is set to take unprecedented measures to protect consumers from the credit card industry’s worst practices, such as interest rate hikes on existing balances. The final rule, expected to pass today, is the culmination of over two years of debate on how to best protect consumers from the arbitrary interest rate hikes and high fees that have come to characterize the $970 billion industry.
Foreclosure Fallout: An Analysis of Foreclosure Auctions in the Chicago Region
