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Presentations
Presentations made by Woodstock Institute staff, including conference presentations and presentations made to nonprofits and policymakers.
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Presentation made to the Neighborhood Funders Group as part of their 2005 conference Diverse Voices, Values, and Traditions: Philanthropy in the 21st Century.The presentation includes information the unbanked immigrant community, the use of remmitances, and the opportunities to engage the immigrant community in the financial mainstream.
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Woodstock Institute's CRA 101: Tools for Improving Community Development Lending, Services and Investments is a training guide to using the Community Reinvestment Act for community organizations. The guide is designed to inform community development practioners at the local level and give them the tools they need to work with banks to increase access to credit and financial services in their communities.
Tom Feltner
Presentation made as part of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's September 2005 conference Meeting the Need: Affordable, Responsible Short-Term Credit. Drawing from several recent Woodstock research publications, the presentation shows the high costs associated with traditional payday lending, "bounce" protection, and credit cards. Presentation made to the Consumer Federation of America as part of their November 2005 Second Annual Payday Loan Advocates’ Summit. The presentation includes descriptions of several payday loan alternatives offered by community development and mainstream credit unions.
Presentation made to the Asset Funders Network as part of their December 2005 launch meeting. The presentation includes an overview of Woodstock Institute and other organizations' research on the lack of affordable consumer emergency credit, as well as policy recommendations designed to help lower-income households avoid high-cost debt and build assets.
A Lifetime of Assets - Asset Preservation: Trends and Interventions in Asset Stripping Services and
09/22/2006
Marva Williams
This presentation, presented at the 2006 CFED conference, presents findings from a recent Woodstock Institute/NCRC report framing consumer and home mortgage
debt as a dangerous threat to asset preservation. It also examines the
Consumer Rescue Fund, an innovative program administered by the National
Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) that employs several strategies
that enable consumers to preserve home ownership in the face of
foreclosure by high cost lenders.
Tom Feltner Presentation made to Western Illinois University's 2006 Ethics Day conference. Describes Woodstock Institute's research and policy development activities for three key fair finance problems: lack of access to mainstream financial accounts, predatory mortgage lending, and payday lending.
Malcolm Bush and Geoff Smith Woodstock subprime lending and foreclosure research presented at an informal meeting of the Illinois General Assembly Democratic Caucus to reaffirm support for, and assess the progress of, the implementation of the Illinois Predatory Lending Database Pilot Program or HB4050. Tom Feltner Presentation made to North Park University discussing subprime lending and foreclosure trends. Tom Feltner Presentation made to the Masters of Community Development program at North Park University on the proliferation of high cost finance in lower-income and minority communities and how research and advocacy organizations help shape the debate on appropriately priced-alternatives. |
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