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Jobs & Homes Now!

Dozens of Chicago region community reinvestment stakeholders, including Woodstock Institute, called on Wells Fargo to keep credit flowing to Illinois small businesses. The event was part of the the June 11 National Day of Action, organized by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.

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Disclosure needed for basic banking, says new report

Measuring how well a bank provides basic banking services to low-wealth consumers could be done using existing data, according to a study released by Woodstock Institute analyzing marketing data from one large bank.

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Financial Products Safety Commission would examine impact of high-cost financial products on consumers

Woodstock Institute joined Senator Durbin on May 4 to announce S.566, a bill to create Financial Products Safety Commission.

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Paying More for the American Dream

Lenders covered by CRA are far less likely to originate risky higher-cost loans to lower-income borrowers and communities than lenders not covered by CRA, according to a new report by a multi-state collaboration of research, policy, and advocacy organizations.

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Collaborators or Competitors?

A new Woodstock Institute report explores the relationship between Community Development Financial Institutions and conventional lenders in small business finance.

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Event: 'Rescheduled - 24rd Annual Community Reinvestment Reception'

Open to the Public
Date: Thursday, April 02, 2009 At 04:00:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location:
230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois
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24rd Annual Community Reinvestment Reception

 

Join community organizations, banking regulators, representatives of financial instituttions for the release of Woodstock Institute's annual Community Lending Fact Book

 

The Community Lending Fact Book provides residential lending data to the public in a form that enables neighborhood residents, community organizations, policymakers, and lenders to monitor and manage mortgage lending activity and to ensure that each neighborhood has access to affordable and responsible credit to help create and maintain a healthy economy.





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File Icon Benchmarking Branch Outcomes: Using Available Data to Analyze and Improve the Delivery of Retail Bank Services to Low-Wealth Communities

File Icon Paying More for the American Dream III: Promoting Responsible Lending to Lower-Income Communities and Communities of Color

File Icon Collaborators or Competitors? Exploring the Relationships between Community Development Financial Institutions and Conventional Lenders in Small Business Finance

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Woodstock Institute works to develop policy that levels the financial services playing field and ensures that families have the opportunity to build wealth through fair credit practices.


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File Icon Comment letter in support of the Illinois Department of Human Services proposed amendment to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, General Assistance and Food Stamp programs

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