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Reinvestment Alert #4: New CRA Regs will Benefit Community Groups by Stressing Objective Measures

February 08, 1994

Malcolm Bush, Kathryn Tholin, and Daniel Immergluck

Describes some of the key features of the proposed 1994 CRA regulation and the advantaages and disadvantages.

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.

Reinvestment Alert #1: Patterns of FHA Lending in Chicago

May 11, 1993

Reinvestment Alert #12: Federal Electronic Funds Transfer and Low-Income Consumers

November 11, 1997

Marva Williams

This Alert is a call to action for community organizations and others concerned about the impact of electronic funds transfer (EFT) on low-income households. It provides a summary of regulations proposed by the Treasury Department and recommendations on how they can be improved. An analysis of electronic benefits transfer (EBT) in Illinois demonstrates why currency exchanges should be prohibited from serving as EFT access points.

Reinvestment Alert #11: New Small Business Data Show Loans Going to Higher-Income Neighborhoods in Chicago Area

October 14, 1997

Daniel Immergluck

An analysis of the long-awaited small business loan data released by federal bank regulators shows lower-income census tracts in Chicago area receive fewer loans per business than upper-income areas.