This edition of Woodstock Developments covers new research on foreclosures and refund anticipation loans, details Woodstock's participation in a French meeting on community reinvestment issues, and advocates for reforms in refund anticipation loan policy.

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

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.

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 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 Development looks at how underestimating risk can produce bad financial policy, asks Gov. Quinn to enact protections for all payday loans, recaps the "Beyond Foreclosures: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Wealth Gap and Economic Opportunity" event, and tells you how to stay in touch with Woodstock on the web.

In this edition, Dory Rand looks at how the proposed QRM rule will affect the growing racial wealth gap, top thinkers discuss the future of the housing finance system, updates on the HAMP program, new proposals could help low-income families save, 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 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.