Public comment at FHFA Enterprise Equitable Housing Finance Plan Listening Session
GSEs must change appraisal rules to help end the racial wealth gap.
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WeProsper coalition launches media campaign to reach more consumers with historic Black Chicago radio station WVON 1690AM Predatory lenders are history in Illinois communities but for many families the financial need remains. Since the 36% APR cap became law...
Comment Letter: Urging HUD, VA, and USDA to Extend Deadline to Start COVID-19 Forbearance Plans
Woodstock Institute signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) requesting that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Department of Agriculture...
Editorial: An urgent task for City Hall. Tackle the lending gap that holds back the South, West sides.
A city neighborhood isn’t merely a hodgepodge of housing and businesses. It’s an amalgam of anchoring entities that keep it alive and thriving, that gives it a defining sense of community. Those anchors include schools, of course. Churches. Parks....
Comment Letter: Urging Transparency in Homeowner Assistance Fund Program
Woodstock Institute recently signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and the National Housing Law Project. The letter urges the U.S. Treasury Department to ensure accessibility, transparency, and accountability in the administration of...
Comment Letter: Responsible Business Lending Coalition on California’s Protections for Small Business Borrowers
Woodstock Institute signed on to a letter led by the Responsible Business Lending Coalition to the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation regarding the regulator’s implementation of protections for small business borrowers.
Woodstock Institute mourns the passing of Alan Fisher
We join our colleagues at California Reinvestment Coalition in mourning the loss Friday to cancer of their founding director Alan Fisher.
NextCity: Chicago Finally Getting Serious About Where It Deposits City Cash
By Oscar Perry Abello, September 14, 2021 The audit’s arrival at the end of August is timely, as Chicago City Council is set to vote today on a measure that would update and strengthen Chicago’s Responsible Banking Ordinance and...
WBEZ: How Chicago’s City Council Aims to Push Banks to Lend Fairly
By Claudia Morell and Linda Lutton, September 14, 2021 “…In addition to providing lending data, banks would have to provide an annual racial breakdown of their staff, something that’s already required of many companies that do business with the...
Comment Letter: Advocates Urge NIST to Promote Equitable Use of Artificial Intelligence
Woodstock signed on to a letter led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) to respond to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) request for comment on their proposal on identifying and managing bias in artificial intelligence...