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Illinois Issues: No Place to Call Home (National Public Radio)
For the 8-year-old student, who attends LEARN Excel Charter on the city’s northwest side, distractions abound. His mother, Latoya Ellis, lost her job in August and moved into the shelter a month later. She describes being homeless as “a...
Maybe You’ll Be Able to Retire After All (The New York Times)
Millions of people moved closer to a secure retirement last week when the Labor Department issued guidelines to help states establish savings plans for private-sector employees who do not have retirement benefits through their jobs. President Obama called for the guidelines...
Editorial: High-interest car title loans driving consumers into a hole (Chicago Sun-Times)
When they can’t pay back the loans, which average just over $1,000, they lose their cars, along with their ability to get to jobs and medical appointments or take the kids to school. Or maybe they pay the loans...
With Average APRs Over 200%, Illinois Consumer Advocates Call For Restrictions On Risky Car Title Loans (Progress Illinois)
Title lending, in which a borrower’s vehicle is used as collateral, provides small-dollar loans, but often comes with high interest rates and expensive fees. Title loan borrowers are paying triple-digit annual percentage rates (APRs) in Illinois, where there is...
Proposed Department of Labor rule ensures Illinois Secure Choice retirement savings program will not be subject to ERISA law
Woodstock’s 2012 research report entitled Coming Up Short illustrated that over 2.5 million private-sector workers in Illinois, in every corner of the state, lack access to a retirement savings plan through their place of employment. Most of these workers...
Ensuring Fair Housing and Equal Access to Credit
Ensuring Fair Housing and Equal Access to Credit 151106.pdf Presented by Spencer Cowan at the Housing Action Illinois Annual Conference
Webinar: Auto Title Lending In Illinois
Auto Title_Webinar_Slides_FINAL.pdf Presented by Spencer Cowan and our allies at Illinois Asset Building Group, click here for the video.