Woodstock Institute influences policy at the local, regional, and national level by closely analyzing the impact of pending proposals on lower-income and minority communities. Many of these letters are available for download.
Suggestions submitted under the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
for the 2001 revisions to the 1995 regulation of the Community
Reinvestment Act. In particular these comments proposed different
qualifications for CRA qualified small business lending, evaluating
lending done by affiliates, and a new definition of community
development loan.
