Now is a good time to discuss what’s next for the Community Reinvestment Act as federal bank regulators review comments on proposed CRA regulatory reform. Join us for a virtual ‘lunch and learn’ on the topic with two experts...
In June 2023, Woodstock Institute will celebrate its 50th anniversary! In 1973 Sylvia Scheinfeld founded a conference center in Woodstock, Illinois to provide research and education during the movement against “redlining” in Chicago. Today, Woodstock Institute has evolved to...
For Immediate Release: September 27, 2022 Contact: Brent Adams | 773-844-5544 Jane Doyle | 708-527-7568 Predatory Lenders’ Predictions of Gloom-and-Doom Fail to Materialize as Consumers Embrace Illinois’s Interest Rate Cap ILLINOIS – To test predatory lenders’ claims about the...
Hello – My name in Horacio Mendez, and I’m the President and CEO of the Woodstock Institute, a consumer financial protection research and advocacy organization based in Chicago. We took this opportunity to examine areas where a combined entity...
photo above: Sr VP Policy and Communications Brent Adams, 3rd from left and Policy Associate Jane Doyle, far right, participated in Consumer Federation of America’s Consumer Assembly June 15. They and CEO Horacio Mendez also attended NCRC’s Just Economy...
We’ve launched a 3-month campaign that leverages multiple media streams to direct consumers to the resources available at WeProsperIL.org, prompting them to share their story and inviting them to join the advocacy network.
On February 23, Janice Guzon and Horacio Mendez led a presentation highlighting the new capacities of our online data portal.
Letter Identifies Six Out-of-State “Rogue Banks” that Enable Predatory Lenders to charge 100%+ Interest in States with Rate Caps
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We believe the ease at which the federal bank regulatory agencies approve mergers has created an unprecedented level of consolidation in the industry that disproportionately hurts access to financial services in low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color....