As part of our 40th anniversary celebration, we’ve built an interactive timeline featuring photos, reports, documents, graphics, and other materials from every part of Woodstock’s history. From Woodstock’s founding in 1973 to our work on CFPB director Richard Cordray’s...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Steve Antonakes will kick things off at lunch on October 2. Deputy Director Antonakes will talk about how the CFPB is changing the marketplace for consumers and shed light on the CFPB’s upcoming agenda, including prepaid...
CFPB Credit CARD Act Public HearingFeaturing Director Richard CordrayWednesday, October 2, 11amWinter Garden, Harold Washington Library400 S State St.Chicago, IllinoisRSVP to cfpb.events@cfpb.gov with: Your full name Your organizational affiliation (if any) It’s critically important that the CFPB hear from...
With all the challenges organizations face these days, thriving for 40 years as an organization is in itself a great accomplishment. But we have so much more than that to celebrate: Our History – As ambitious as they were,...
In this edition of Woodstock Developments, Woodstock president Dory Rand writes about what we’re celebrating at our 40th anniversary research symposium and bash, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will receive the first Scheinfeld Award from Woodstock Institute, a federal...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released proposed rules updating the regulations that carry out the parts of the Fair Housing Act that contain affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) requirements. Overall, the rules are a...
130917_affh_hud_woodstock_finalThis comment letter supports the proposed improvements to regulations that carry out the Fair Housing Act’s requirement to ensure that all federal agencies administer their programs relating to housing and community development in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair...
The bill would cut the nutritional safety net program by $40 billion over the next ten years, doubling the proposed $20.5 billion cut that was removed from the House’s version of the Farm Bill earlier this summer. This cut...
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released proposed rules improving regulations that carry out the Fair Housing Act’s requirement to ensure that all federal agencies administer their programs relating to housing and community development in a manner...
Combined with an increasing average lifespan, a financial security crisis for older Americans could be on the horizon. At Woodstock Institute’s 40th anniversary research symposium on October 2-3, Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, professor and director at UCLA’s Center for Policy...