FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2020 CONTACT: Jenna Severson, 616-914-2844, jseverson@woodstockinst.org Abe Scarr, Illinois PIRG, 312-983-2789, abe@illinoispirg.org Advocates Praise Governor Pritzker for Protecting Consumer Financial Security, Call for Further Action CHICAGO: Consumer advocates praised Governor Pritzker and the...
Woodstock Institute Comment Letter on OCC Calls to Advocates– January 27, 2020
Contact Brent at Badams@woodstockinst.org to add your organization to this sign-on letter. It urges the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to reconsider their proposal, which would weaken the Community Reinvestment Act....
Comment Letter on OCC/FDIC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Community Reinvestment Act Rules- Woodstock Institute, Chicago Community Loan Fund. Submitted before House Financial Services Committee Hearing on January 29, 2020.
Sample Comment Letter Download as Word file. , 2020 Dear Comptroller Otting & Chair McWilliams: submits these comments in response to the OCC/FDIC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposal”) regarding the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). opposes the...
Illinois Stops Suspending Driving Licenses for Unpaid Parking Tickets Governor Pritzker Signs Community-Led Bill, 55,000 to See Relief FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2020 PRESS CONTACTS: Jenna Severson (o) 312-368-0310 (jseverson@woodstockinst.org) CHICAGO, IL – Today Governor Pritzker signed the License to...
Federal Banking Regulators Proposed Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act. Here’s what’s at stake.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 12, 2019 Woodstock Institute Contact : Jenna Severson (jseverson@woodstockinst.org) National Consumer Law Center Contact: Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) Download the full report, state maps and state-specific information: https://www.nclc.org/issues/report-still-no-fresh-start.html Illinois Puts Families at Risk to Feed an...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2019 VICTORY! ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE VOTES TO END INEQUITABLE LICENSE SUSPENSIONS BY PASSING THE “LICENSE TO WORK ACT” SPRINGFIELD– After three years of advocacy, SB 1786, the License to Work Act, has passed out of...
Woodstock Institute’s 2018 Annual Report: Data-Driven, Community Centered Financial Systems Reform In collaboration with consumer advocates, Woodstock worked to get the Illinois Check Cashing Fairness Act passed. Woodstock proudly added a print version of the Chicago Community Lending Fact...