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  • Senate passes credit card reform, Obama hopes to sign by end of May
  • 1Q foreclosure data shows shift to suburbs, Chicago’s communities of color still reeling
  • Woodstock's Dory Rand calls for credit card reforms on WTTW's Chicago Tonight
  • Community stakeholders ask the next big question–when will lending and investment in low-wealth communities pick up?
  • Wall Street Journal op-ed misses the mark on CRA
  • After stress tests, need for transparency, accountability and oversight of financial products
  • CRA successes demonstrate need for future commitments
  • Without CRA, crisis could have been worse says new Fed report
  • Illinois Treasurer adopts community reinvestment policy for state depositories
  • Senator Durbin announces Financial Products Safety Commission
  • Numbers don't support claims of CRA critics
  • Credit card bill clears another hurdle
  • Colbert Spoofs Gutierrez and the Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009
  • Frank’s federal anti-predatory lending bill not strong enough
  • Woodstock Institute honors Donna Gambrell, Director of the U.S. Treasury's CDFI Fund, at annual Community Reinvestment Reception
  • Woodstock Institute joins Senator Dick Durbin in call for federal interest rate cap of 36 percent
  • Federal Payday Loan Bill Fails to Protect Consumers
  • Changing loan terms must be easier
  • President’s retirement savings proposals are little-noticed gems
  • TARP transparency and judicial modification are steps in the right direction
  • Concerns about the performance of Alt-A and prime mortgages to take center stage in 2009
  • Local response to payday lending critical as lenders evade Illinois consumer protections
  • Treasury demands bank accountability, finally
  • Expanding the Reach of Our Prosperity
  • TARP for CDFIs? As some banks scale back lending, Woodstock calls for federal money for community-based lenders
  • Fed puts an end to retroactive rate hikes for credit cards
  • EveryBlock Chicago and Woodstock Institute partner to deliver interactive block- level maps of foreclosures and lender-owned, vacant properties
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  • Lender Owned Largely Vacant Properties Disproportionately Impact Communities of Color
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  • You too, Magic? Jackson Hewitt partnership puts Earvin “Magic” Johnson in a league with financial predators
  • Investors Shun Chicago Region Foreclosure Auctions, Says New Report
  • Woodstock Institute Applauds House Committee Approval of the Credit Cardholders’ Bill Of Rights
  • Ohio moves to cap payday loan rates, Action needed to protect Illinois borrowers
  • Communities Continue to Feel the Fallout of Loans from Now Defunct Subprime Lenders
  • Woodstock Institute Releases Foreclosure Report
  • New Federal Credit Encourages Lower-Income Workers to Save for Retirement
  • Credit Unions Offer Affordable Emergency Credit at a Fraction of the Cost of Payday Lenders
  • CRA financial services test plagued by insufficient, superficial and inconsistent data
  • Woodstock Institute Receives 2007 MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Nonprofits
  • Chicago Region Foreclosures Skyrocket in 2006 Says New Woodstock Institute Analysis
  • Largest U.S. Mortgage Lenders Target Minorities for High Cost Loans
  • Lack of bank transparency hampering fight against financial exclusion in the UK
  • Why Bank Transparency Matters: a Comparison of the U.S. and the U.K.
  • Holiday Loans From Tax Preparers are No HELP At All
  • Woodstock Institute Releases First Illinois Community Lending Fact Book
  • U.S. Household Debt Levels Are Worrying No Matter How You Look at Them
  • Woodstock Institute releases "Key Trends in Chicago Area Mortgage Lending"
  • State Senator Schoenberg, Attorney General Madigan, Community Advocates Propose RAL Reform
  • H&R Block is Taxing to Low-Income Families - National Consumer Groups Ally to Protest Bank Charter
  • Credit Card Terms and Conditions Have a Highly Deceptive Effect
  • New Research Illustrates Devastating Impact of Foreclosures on Property Values
  • New Mortgage Pricing Data Sheds Light on Subprime Mortgage Market
  • Blog Discusses Mainstream Credit Unions’ Lower-Income Membership
  • Lower-Income and Minority Communities Still Can’t Find a Bank Branch
  • Woodstock Institute Co-Hosts First International Community Reinvestment Legislation Conference
  • New Federal Law and Deceptive Bank Practices Make for Costly Bounce “Protection”
• In the News
  • Empty houses increase in Chicago area (Crain's Chicago Business)
  • Our Opinion: Broken Budget -- People vs. reality in state budget battle (Springfield State-Journal Register)
  • More Medicaid Malarkey (Progress Illinois)
  • Southland recession checkup (Southtown Star)
  • Taxpayer Action Board Pushes For Investment In Home Care -- Not Cuts (Progress Illinois)
  • State Moves To Track Ownership Of Blighted Properties (Hartford Business Journal)
  • Present Votes Defeat Predatory Lending Reform (Progress Illinois)
  • Evanston's foreclosure rate rises (Daily Northwestern)
  • Foreclosures rising fastest in northern suburbs (Pioneer Press)
  • Stimulus money sparks some hope in Chicago's Latino neighborhoods (Medill News Services)
  • Viewpoint: To Avert Crisis: Transparency, Accountability (American Banker)
  • Hundreds rally at Bank of America to stop home foreclosures (People's Weekly World)
  • Chicago Tonight: The Bottom Line with Eddie Arruza (WTTW-TV)
  • Giannoulias announces 'anti-bailout' (Dispatch/Argus)
  • Payday Loan Reformers Work To Close Illinois Loophole (Progress Illinois)
  • Community Group Aims to Educate Rogers Park on Foreclosures (Chicago Talks)
  • Renters Locked Out of Foreclosure Relief (Understading Government)
  • City’s largest community fights image of neighborhood in despair (Red Eye)
  • Accepting the Challenge: Chicago's Five Year Affordable Housing Plan 2009-2013 (City of Chicago)
  • Counselors swamped with rising foreclosures (River Forest Leaves)
  • Woodstock Institute Looks "Beyond Payday Loans" (Progress Illinois)
  • Durbin, Hamos Fight Payday Lenders (Progress Illinois)
  • Gutierrez Proposes Weak Reform of Payday Lenders (Washington Independent)
  • Foreclosure help coming (Daily Herald)
  • Durbin urges payday-loan rate cap to help low-income citizens (Medill News Service)
  • Pay Day Loan Reform -- and Alternatives (Community Media Workshop)
  • Regulators Testify on Capitol Hill (BankInfo Security)
  • It's Been March Madness For Jackson Hewitt (MediaPost News)
  • Vacant Homes: The New Subprime Scandal (Washington Independent)
  • Can you imagine paying 177% for a used car loan? Some did. (Crain's Chicago Business)
  • Can EveryBlock go everywhere? (CNN)
  • Mortgage 'fix' often not enough (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  • Many who get foreclosure help still slipping behind (Bankrate.com)
  • New ACORN study links lawbreaking to foreclosures (Queens Chronicle)
  • Free services help prevent foreclosures (Chicago Tribune)
  • More Americans Turn to Tax Refund Loans to Pay Monthly Bills (Bloomberg)
  • Foreclosure becomes campaign issue (Beacon Council)
  • What to know when you're renting (Chicago Tribune)
  • Distressed homeowners fight foreclosure by taking their lenders to court (Chicago Tribune)
  • Foreclosures spur neighborhood ghost towns (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Illinois bankers worried about effects of a moratorium on foreclosures (Chicago Tribune)
  • Once-hot condo market doused by flood of foreclosures (Medill News Service)
  • Risk-takers welcomed in Chicago suburb hit hard by foreclosures (Medill News Service)
  • Illinois bankers look for more details in administration's bailout plan (Chicago Tribune)
  • Housing Bulletin: Job Cuts May Spur More Foreclosures (Chicago Magazine)
  • United we fight foreclosure, says Daley (Medill News Service)
  • Free Foreclosure Prevention Help For Chicagoans (CBS-TV)
  • Shelters brace for more families (Chicago Tribune)
  • Consumer Groups Challenge Bank Using Government Money to Fund Refund Loans (Credit Union Times)
  • Foreclosures hit Evanston hard (Sun-Times New Group)
  • Payday lenders find fertile place on Web (Chicago Tribune)
  • Advocacy Group Warns Against Payday Loans (WGIL FM Galesburg)
  • Chicago factory workers end sit-in (Los Angeles Times)
  • Local foreclosure numbers far exceed expectations (St. Charles Sun)
  • Foreclosure homes invite crime (Augusta Chronicle)
  • Fox Valley group helping families on the financial brink (Daily Herald)
  • Chicago foreclosures projected to rise 40% for 2008 (Chicago Tribune)
  • Foreclosure filings rise across Northwest Side (Pioneer Press)
  • Foreclosures soar in second half of '08 (Aurora Bacon News)
  • Tough times ahead (Chicago Journal)
  • Foreclosures continue to rise (Times of Northwest Indiana)
  • Embargos golpean duro en Chicago (La Raza)
  • Propietarios esperan salvar sus viviendas (Hoy)
  • Housing Bulletin: The Expanding Impact of the Housing Crisis (Chicago Magazine)
  • Local Housing Group Reacts to Citigroup's Mortgage Relief Plan (WBEZ-FM / Chicago Public Radio)
  • Housing Activists Make Grassroots Push (Progress Illinois)
  • Housing Bulletin—The Hardest Hit (Chicago Magazine)
  • The growing charge of the blight brigade (Chicago Tribune)
  • Overlap will bring trims to Chase, WaMu (Chicago Tribune)
  • Foreclosure auctions tracking up in north suburbs (Skokie Review)
  • One beneficiary of financial meltdown: homebuyers (Chicago Tribune)
  • DollarWi$e Week promotes financial literacy (Quad-City Times)
  • Fannie, Freddie Rescue Won't End Ripple Effect (Bloomberg)
  • Foreclosure auctions poised to soar (Pioneer Press)
  • Vacant homes draw problems for neighbors (Chicago Tribune)
  • Fighting foreclosure, Mayors want towns to help residents (Daily Herald)
  • Don't expect easy pickings at auctions (Chicago Tribune)
  • Chicago Auction Fails To Attract Buyers For Foreclosed Properties (AHN)
  • Englewood Gets Condo Conversion (WBEZ Chicago Public Radio)
  • Mortgage Brokerage Reform Measures Are Found Wanting (American Banker)
  • New laws sprout as homes sit, but existing rules on vacancies often unenforced (Chicago Tribune)
  • Foreclosures at Auctions: Reverting to Lenders (Chicago Suntimes)
  • Foreclosure fallout (Chicago Tribune)
  • More houses return to lender (Chicago Tribune)
  • No mortgages at Wachovia branches (Chicago Tribune)
  • State's foreclosure rate among country's worst (Times of Trenton)
  • Credit card reform is essential now (Daily Herald)
  • Mortgage Crisis (ABC News Chicago)
  • Letter To The Editor: Basic Banking Needs HMDA-Like Rules (American Banker)
  • Limits on title loans called a 'good start' (Chicago Tribune)
  • Housing relief bill a good move, local experts say (Aurora Beacon News)
  • Leading Woodstock vs. inertia, interest groups (Crain's Chicago Business)
  • Foreclosures 'weigh' on municipalities (Northwest Indiana Times)
  • Durbin rate cap could close payday loan loopholes (Daily Herald)
  • US spells out Fannie-Freddie backstop plan (ABC Chicago)
  • Could foreclosures cripple neighborhoods? (The News & Observer)
  • New leader Dory Rand is no stranger to Woodstock Institute (Chicago Tribune)
  • Faces of Foreclosure (Joliet Herald News)
  • Car title loans snare victims at 300% rates (Chicago Tribune)
  • Payday lenders contemplate Plan B (Business First of Columbus)
  • Renters Lose Their Homes to Foreclosures (WBEZ Chicago)
  • Crime makes foreclosures everybody's problem (Houston Chronicle)
  • Loan crisis may cut affordable housing; Foreclosures ousting renters, group warns (Sun-Times)
  • Rise in homeowners behind on payments (Chicago Tribune)
  • As Foreclosed Homes Empty, Crime Arrives (Washington Post)
  • Loophole lets lender skirt law, group says (Chicago Tribune)
  • Countrywide ripped at hearing, Bank of America told changes needed (Chicago Tribune)
  • Bank of America to alter loan practices (Chicago Tribune)
  • As owners default, lenders move in (Chicago Tribune)
  • Lenders get subpoenas (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Risky lending far higher in minority areas (Reuters)
  • Loan Report Finds ‘Reverse Redlining’ in Hub (Banker & Tradesman)
  • Foreclosures climbed all across the Chicago region last year (WBEZ Chicago Public Radio)
  • Foreclosures cut wide swath across Dallas, Fort Worth (The Dallas Morning News)
  • Foundations weigh how to allay foreclosures (The Associated Press)
  • Not on His Watch: (Los Angeles Times)
  • Occasional CU Critic Leaves Woodstock Institute (Credit Union Times)
  • More bleak news on housing front (Chicago Tribune)
  • WILL FORECLOSED HOMES NEAR YOU AFFECT YOUR SALE? (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  • Tax refund anticipation loans are costly: (Southtown Star)
  • US lenders cut deals to avoid crisis (Daily News)
  • For Hybrid Borrowers, Fed Cut May Not Be Much Help (American Banker)
  • The question of bailouts begins to hit home ( The Orlando Sentinel)
  • Countrywide continues slide as foreclosures rise (Chicago Tribune)
  • How CUs Serve Members Is Examined (Credit Union Journal)
  • Quit Blaming Subprime Victims (Daily News-New York)
  • One in Five Expect to Borrow to Heat Homes This Winter (CreditCards.com)
  • In Minneapolis, A Block Transformed (New York Times)
  • Foreclosing on dream (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Mortgage freeze a fix for some; Others left out (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Mortgage rescue for some (Chicago Tribune)
  • Bailout not for all (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Officials Warn Against Payday Loans (Chicago WBBM)
  • The Best Little Deal in Banking (Money)
  • The credit crunch moves dramatically beyond Wall Street (Chicago Lawyer)
  • Did special service area lead to foreclosures in Round Lake? (Daily Herald)
  • Tracking the course of a new plague (Detroit Free Press)
  • Spreading the Misery (New York Times)
  • The Nightly Business Report (The Nightly Business Report)
  • OUR OPINION: Time for the government to step in (The Atlanta Journal)
  • Chairwoman Bair has it right on the money (Chicago Tribune)
  • Neighborhoods endure that empty feeling (The Associated Press)
  • Investors hold about 9% of loans; Illinois failings rise scant 3% (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Investors hold about 9% of loans; Illinois failings rise scant 3% (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Letter to the Editor: Industry, Agencies Must Strengthen Response to Crisis (The American Banker)
  • Neighborhoods suffer as crime follows foreclosure (The Associated Press State & Local Wire )
  • Foreclosures, vacancies and crime (The Associated Press)
  • Police worry about abandoned homes (The Associated Press)
  • The Dream Unravels (The Associated Press)
  • Vacant homes send crime rocketing (CNN Money.com)
  • Squalor, crime follow wave of foreclosures (The Associated Press)
  • Empty Houses Home to Crime As Loans Fail (The Associated Press)
  • Neighborhoods suffer as crime follows foreclosure (San Jose Mercury News)
  • M&A Activity: BofA Succumbs to Pressure From Community Activists (US Banker)
  • El panorama de embargos podría empeorar (Chicago Tribune)
  • Stressed borrowers use plastic to delay default (Reuters)
  • Foreclosure crisis could worsen, officials say (Chicago Tribune)
  • Reverse home foreclosure trend (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Consumer Groups Rally Around Regulator's Proposed Rate Freeze on Risky Mortgages (PR Newswire)
  • B of A to Lay Off 4,000 LaSalle Workers (American Banker)
  • Fighting foreclosure; Mayors want towns to help residents (Daily Herald)
  • SHOREBANK TO THE RESCUE: New boss rushing to save thousands from foreclosure (Crain's)
  • Foreclosure damage spreads out (The Atlanta Journal)
  • A local guide to corporate responsibility (Crains Chicago Business)
  • 10,500 LaSalle jobs at risk: Study predicts effect of planned takeover (Chicago Tribune)
  • Breaking the bank?; Groups say LaSalle sale will hurt area (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Borrowing Trouble: Illinois Tries New Tack Against Predatory Loans (Wall Street Journal)
  • City Voices (WNUA 95.5)
  • Housing Bulletin—Will Foreclosures Reverse Neighborhoods’ Progress? (Chicago Magazine)
  • Apply Mortgage Rules to All (American Banker)
  • Affordable Lending Tips from CDCUs (Credit Union Management)
  • Home mortgage defaults, foreclosures may pop S. Florida housing bubble (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
  • The Subprime Bait and Switch (In These Times)
  • Suburban foreclosures increasing (Daily Herald)
  • Some area homeowners losing grip on the American dream (ABC News Chicago)
  • Big homes, large loans raise rate of foreclosure (Chicago Tribune)
  • Foreclosures not for gawking, so skip car-wreck response (Chicago Tribune)
  • Don't get bitten by bank fees (CNN)
  • FHA tries to stay relevant to buyers (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • Foreclosure Investing 101 (WBEZ-Chicago)
  • Woodstock Report Shows CUs Aren't Only Ones Under Fire For Underserved Issues (Credit Union Journal)
  • Middle Class and Homeless -- Unlikely Families Face Foreclosure (Chicago Defender)
  • Snared!; Two women take a stand when shady company moves in (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Minorities hit hard by rising costs of subprime loans (USA Today)
  • In 2005, half of minorities purchased their homes with subprime loans Today, delinquency rates are s
  • Can't Pay The Loan but Won't Pick Up the Phone (Washington Post)
  • Foreclosures increase (Daily Southtown)
  • Standards needed for home loans (Daily Herald)
  • Foreclosures at highest in past 8 years (Chicago Tribune)
  • MacArthur Foundation awards honor longtime area non-profits (Chicago Tribune)
  • Behind Foreclosures, Ruined Credit and Hopes (New York Times)
  • Fed's Braunstein Says Mortgage Delinquencies `Great Concern' (Bloomberg News)
  • Foreclosure remedies must include lenders (Chicago Tribune)
  • Minorities in U.S. heartland snared by subprime (Reuters)
  • Regulators accused of lax loan oversight (Los Angeles Times)
  • Adjusting for adjustable-rate mortgages (NBC Nightly News)
  • Subprime lending worries hit home (Chicago Tribune)
  • Life on Mortgage Street: Two brothers face opposing realities (Sun-Times)
  • Home loans more expensive for blacks (Financial Times)
  • Minorities getting lion's share of subprime loans (Sun-Times)
  • Subprime lenders draw attention of regulators (Chicago Tribune)
  • Ways to stop being Maxed Out (The Right Place)
  • Advance on tax refunds are no longer an option (Northwest Indiana Times)
  • Getting out of holiday credit card debt (WBEZ-Chicago)
  • Call for more transparent banking in deprived areas (Guardian Unlimited)
  • Banks urged to be open on lending (Financial Times)
  • Group's take on 'holiday loans': Stay away (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Report blasts payday lenders (Sauk Valley Daily Gazette)
  • Mortgage mischief (Marketplace)
  • Harsh withdrawal: Banks silently charging for overdrafts (Crain's Chicago Business)
  • Voice of the People: Combating predatory lenders (Chicago Tribune)
  • New law prevents predatory lending (Sun-Times)
  • 'This is a wolf in sheep's clothing' (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • New Study Criticizes Payday Loans (WBEZ-Chicago)
  • Foreclosed but not forlorn (Chicago Tribune)
  • Loan Shock: Mortgage pros fear new state regs will hurt business (Sun-Times)
  • More Than 50 Join CU After Partnership Formed (Credit Union Journal)
  • Occasional Credit Union Critic Praises CU Program (Credit Union Times)
  • Serving the "unbanked" (Highland Park News)
  • Foreclosure prevention law goes into effect on Sept. 1 (Chicago Tribune)
  • State guilty of `redlining,' critics say (Chicago Tribune)
  • Southland Lawmakers Lead Charge on Payday Loan Changes (Daily Southtown)
  • Borrowing While Black (Chicago Reader)
  • Spotlight for Subprime Critics? Activists line up for Fed hearings, banks wait (American Banker)
  • Retail Roundup (Belleville News-Democrat)
  • Facing Foreclosure (WEEK NBC)
  • Bank fees are more outrageous than ever (MSN Money)
  • City loan plan to help buyers (Chicago Tribune)
  • Speaker Madigan presses national banks to sign lending vow (Crain's)
  • Preempted, Illinois Backs Up Predator Law with Boycott (American Banker)
  • Home, bittersweet home (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  • Safeguards needed for all payday loans (Sun-Times)
  • RALs siphon refunds (The News Star)
  • Some mortgage lenders don't like new ZIP law (Chicago Tribune)
  • More perks for new buyers (Chicago Tribune)
  • Payday Loan Protection Law (The Star)
  • Plenty of Down-Payment Assistance is Available if You Search (Chicago Tribune)
  • Woodstock Institute Objects to DCFU’s Bank Application (Credit Union Times)
  • New Law Clamps Down on Popular Fast-Cash Payday Loans (ABC 7 Chicago)
  • Bad Loans Pain Evanston (Chicago Tribune)
  • Tax Service Company Wants to Open Savings Bank: Groups Fight Block's Bank Plan (Kansas City Star)
  • Fed Report Links Race and High Mortgage Rates (Chicago Tribune)
  • 'Disappointment' on Block Charter (American Banker)
  • Woodstock Institute Weighs in Concerned About CU Conversions (Credit Union Times)
  • Foreclosures Hurt Neighbors (Chicago Tribune)
  • HUD Agency May Insure Riskier Loans (Wall Street Journal)
  • Woodstock is Not a Foe of Credit Unions (Credit Union Times)
  • New Report Analyzes Credit Card Debt (Nitty Gritty News)
  • Bank-Credit Union Pricing Gap Played Up in Study (American Banker)
  • Longtime CU Critic Woodstock Institute Finds CU Card Practices Better Than Credit Unions (CU Times)
  • Report, Critical Of Most, Has Praise For CUs (Credit Union Journal)
  • Modest gains for smallest of loans - Banks step up with money for start-ups (Chicago Tribune)
  • Bias probe looks at Household acquirer's loan pricing (Chicago Tribune)
  • South Side's Seaway eyes Highland bank; Black-owned buyer would ease concerns (Crain's Chicago)
  • Payday loan reform would limit debts (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Borrowing patterns fall along racial lines (USA Today)
  • Invitation to Redlining? Obscure CRA Plan Assailed (American Banker)
  • Small Bank Change Seen as Threat to Poor: Loss of Loans, Services Feared
  • Payday Loans Should be Regulated (Chicago Sun-Times)