Our job at Woodstock Institute is to address problems like these by creating a more just financial system that enables individuals, families, and communities to establish financial security, build wealth, and create vibrant neighborhoods. Download Woodstock Institute’s 2010-2011...
By Yana Kunichoff January 31, 2012 From the window of Ruth Long’s apartment in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, where she has lived for 33 years, Long can see a McDonald’s where a man was shot, a building from...
By Becky Yerak January 31, 2012 Luz Pagan, 45, has been working as a part-time cashier at a discount store in downtown Chicago for nearly three years, her requests to become a full-time employee with benefits having...
EITC eligibility is based on several factors, including the amount income and number of dependents you have. Workers without children may also qualify. The online EITC Assistant can help determine your eligibility and estimate the amount of your...
The idea for the Northwest Suburban Housing Collaborative was born of discussions that the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) convened among leaders from Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Mount Prospect, Palatine, and Rolling Meadows,...
We believe these features will be valuable tools to participating municipalities as we all work to address the cost, crime, and public safety issues that vacant buildings have created in our neighborhoods and hope you will be able...
By Jon Prior January 25, 2012 Even if the promising mortgage refinancing plan President Obama announced Tuesday night passes Congress, critics say it will fall short of solving the deepest housing problems. The White House did not...
The new Unit on Mortgage Origination and Securitization Abuses will play an important role in holding mortgage lenders and servicers accountable for how their actions impact families, communities, and the market. Making it clear that criminal activity in...
By Tara Siegel Bernard January 20, 2012 Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their debts, a...
By Megan Cottrell January 23, 2012 This program might just be the best hope we have of moving forward in this housing crisis, especially in devastated neighborhoods. But it’s also another twist in the history of real estate...