In this edition, Dory Rand calls on Congress to confirm Richard Cordray as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, City Council moves to address vacant properties problem, federal regulations fail to offer enough protections for bank payday loans, and more.

This edition of Woodstock Developments discusses why we need to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act, celebrates the passage of protections from debt settlement companies in Illinois, analyzes June HAMP numbers, and applauds the IRS for no longer helping refund anticipation loan providers underwrite loans.

In this issue of Woodstock Developments, Dory Rand discusses how tax time savings bonds could affect public benefits eligibility, a new report finds thousands of troubled foreclosures in the City of Chicago, three banks are out of the business of providing RALs, NCRC says some banks are disproportionately restricting credit to communities of color, and more.

In this edition, we discuss the future of housing finance, trace Chicago area foreclosure trends, highlight tools for condominium foreclosures, and more.

In this edition, we challenge attempts to weaken financial industry regulation, discuss attempts to weaken Illinois payday loan reforms, recount meetings between Chicago area nonprofits and Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Dick Durbin, examine HAMP trends in the Chicago area, and more.

This edition of Woodstock Developments looks at what's on the horizon for financial reform, celebrates the signing of payday loan reforms in Illinois, discusses new data that shows the growth of condo foreclosures in Cook County, recaps the Regional HOPI Annual Plenary, and more.

In this issue of Woodstock Developments, President Dory Rand reflects on the year's accomplishments and outlines what more needs to be done. We recap events that brought leaders together to come up with solutions to credit barriers, showcased a journalist's call for a criminal investigation of financial crisis players, and a Grinch's warning to payday loan consumers.

This edition of Woodstock Developments gives an overview of new legislation to update the Community Reinvestment Act, discusses the implications of improperly prepared foreclosures, looks at the latest Home Affordable Modification Program numbers, argues that we must reform asset limits for public benefits programs, and more.

This edition of Woodstock Developments gives an overview of new legislation to update the Community Reinvestment Act, discusses the implications of improperly prepared foreclosures, looks at the latest Home Affordable Modification Program numbers, argues that we must reform asset limits for public benefits programs, and more.

This edition of Woodstock Developments recaps Dory Rand's address at Chase's shareholder meeting, welcomes Chase's overdue exit from the tax refund anticipation loan market, documents the decline of prime lending in communities of color, and thanks Woodstock's departing board members for their service.