October 18, 2006 Chicago — A young couple in a Southwest Side community receives a home loan before getting all the information they need. The result, to their dismay, is that the loan includes all kinds of hidden...
October 19, 2006 Walk through many communities in the Chicago area, and you will quickly see the devastating effect that predatory lending and foreclosures are having. Let's be blunt about it: Predatory lending is a wicked force that...
Mary Wiesnewski Business Reporter October 16,2006 Consumer advocates complain that lenders are switching from short-term payday loans to longer-term installment loans to get around the restrictions of payday loan reform legislation, which is limited to loan durations of...
WBEZ-Chicago Lynette Kalsnes October 16, 2006 A new study about payday loans claims some big lenders have found a new way to evade the law. The study looked at the two lenders who most often take borrowers to...
Marilyn Kennedy Melia Special to the Tribune October 8, 2006 Of all the grim housing news lately, probably the most dire surrounds statistics and predictions about foreclosures. Here, a look behind the numbers and at ways homeowners...
ralfactsheet_oct2006_williams.pdf Marva Williams Fact sheet describing the impact of high cost refund anticipation lending on lower-income and minority communities.