Payday Lending Alternatives for Credit Unions

cfa alt payday loans.ppt Presentation made to the Consumer Federation of America as part of their November 2005 Second Annual Payday Loan Advocates’ Summit. The presentation includes descriptions of several payday loan alternatives offered by community development and mainstream...

November 30, 2005 at 5:00 am read more

Bad Loans Pain Evanston (Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Tribune Lolly Bowean November 16, 2005 By the time most Evanston residents sit down with Carol Johnson Downs in her office at the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, they are about to lose their homes. It’s...

November 17, 2005 at 8:19 am read more