Policy Brief: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Authorities Without a Director Illinoisans, particularly those in communities of color, have suffered significant losses as a result of reckless financial practices and a regulatory environment that did not prioritize consumers’ best interests....
By Mark Bergen August 30, 2011 The city took another small step in its attempt to tackle the ongoing foreclosure crisis today. The City Council’s housing committee signed off on the latest city plan to implement the...
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By James Fuller August 28, 2011 Christine Winter lives on an upscale block just outside of St. Charles, but you wouldn’t know it by looking out her window. She shares a view many suburban residents count as part...
In the past, parents sometimes took out home equity loans or borrowed from retirement accounts to help finance postsecondary education for their children. These days, many families have limited or negative equity in their homes and may have...
The CFPB recently issued a request for comments on the definition of a “larger participant” in the non-depository financial market. Why does the size of the institution matter? In the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, the CFPB was given...
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The Help (Kathryn Stockett)—I’m reading this before I see the movie, about black maids raising privileged white babies in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, and a young white woman who writes about their lives amidst the changing social and political...
By Leah Hope August 18, 2011 With the number of foreclosures rising at an alarming rate, the City of Chicago is taking steps to preserve neighborhoods and keep people in their homes. On Wednesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...