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Reinvestment Alert: What Does HMDA Data Reveal About Chicago?

May 12, 1992

Reinvestment Alert #1: Patterns of FHA Lending in Chicago

May 11, 1993

Reinvestment Alert #3: Socially Responsible Investing: Investor Profile and Trends

September 14, 1993

Elise Kroll and Charles Adams

Describes the double bottom line of socially responsible investment policies which includes a favorable rate of return and an investment vehicle that meets certain socially responible criteria.  Contains interviews with staff of Shorebank and the Calvert Fund.

Financial Services in the Pilsen Community

December 14, 1993

Charlie Adams

This study finds that a number of basic financial services are lacking in Pilsen.  Only two institutions offer checking accounts and only two provide ATM service.  In a community that is 88 percent Latino, only one institution distributes literature in Spanish.  The study also finds that a majority of residents use currency exchanges for their primary financial needs.

Reinvestment Alert #5: Proposed CRA Tests Show Large Mortgage Companies Lacking

February 08, 1994

Lending test under the proposed 1994 CRA rules show that some large Chicago area mortgage companies have poor lending records in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.