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Research Reports Indepth analysis of persistent problems in the field of community development. Woodstock's research reports contribute to the body of knowledge used by policymakers and community development practitioners.
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Marva Williams
Describes the regulatory and other industry trends that impact the penetration of lower-income markets by credit unions. The report recommends that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) be amended to include credit unions.
Daniel Immergluck and Geoff Smith
Maps supplement to full report. 
Who's Buying Where? The Second of Two Reports on Home Buying and Neighborhood Change (Maps)
02/12/2002
Daniel Immergluck and Geoff Smith
Maps supplement to full report
Marva Williams and Valjean McLenighan
The purpose of this guide is to help community organizations enable their members to join a mainstream credit union and begin building modest assets. Many credit unions offer financial products and services tailored to the needs of low-income people, but mainstream credit unions have not historically reached this population. Partnering with community organizations expands a credit union's membership while giving community organizations the tools to help their members build assets. 
Blindfolded Into Debt: A Comparison of Credit Card Costs and Conditions at Banks and Credit Unions
07/05/2005
Tim Westrich and Malcolm Bush
This report analyzes the deceptive effect of credit card terms and conditions and how these terms and conditions massively raise the cost of using credit cards and contribute to rising levels of consumer debt. 
Reinvestment Alert 17: CRA Sunshine Rules and You: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Being Left in the Dark
05/09/2001
Katy Jacob
Describes the reporting and disclosure requirements for non-profit organizations entering into CRA agreements with financial institutions as part of a series of CRA reforms passed as part of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Marva Williams
Demonstrates how low-income credit unions (LICUs) have become a growing force in the world of financial institutions, using data collected from the National Credit Union Administration for the years 1990-1996. Highlights LICUs' successful financial management and crucial role in community reinvestment while stressing the need for targeted resources for these institutions.
Daniel Immergluck and Geoff Smith
This report examines the extent to which neighborhoods within the Chicago area have obtained significant levels of income and racial diversity in home buying and maintained such diversity over the 1990s. To do so, we compared compositions of buyers in neighborhoods across the metro area in 1993 and 1994 (combined) to those in 1999 and 2000 (combined).
Reinvestment Alert 20: CRA and CDFIs Revisitied:The Importance of Bank Investments for the Community
04/15/2003
Katy Jacob and Malcolm Bush
Demonstrates the importance of bank investments in community development financial institutions (CDFIs) that are crucial actors in low-income community development. Utilizing a new data source covering 379 CDFIs across the country, finds that bank investments are crucial to CDFIs. Provides evidence of the importance of the investment test portion of CRA exams and calls for an increase in the appropriation of the federal CDFI Fund.
Daniel Immergluck and Geoff Smith
The focus of this report is an analysis of changes in home buying in the Chicago area among different income groups. We compared buyers in 1993 and 1994 (combined) to those in 1999 and 2000 (combined). |
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