Woodstock Institute recently submitted a comment letter responding to a Request for Input (RFI) from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA will require the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – to submit Equitable...
RE: Application by First Mid Bancshares to acquire Delta Bancshares Company and Jefferson Bank and Trust Woodstock Institute submits this comment on the application of First Mid Bancshares, of Mattoon, Illinois, (First Mid) to acquire Delta Bancshares Company, and...
Woodstock Institute submitted a comment letter to respond to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
Woodstock Institute requests that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) withdraw its proposed “Fair Access to Financial Services” proposal. This proposed rule inserts the government in countering free market forces, ignores the financial industry’s evolution of...
39 Illinois groups sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on June 5, 2020. It urges the federal banking regulators to use...
Sent April 9, 2020 Advocate Letter to Governor JB Prizker Re: Payday Lenders taking Stimulus Payments This letter is supported by: Illinois PIRG Heartland Alliance & Illinois Asset Building Group Woodstock Institute Shriver Center on Poverty Law Chicago Urban...
Sent March 30, 2020 Advocates encourage Governor Pritzker to: Protect Homeowners by Providing Mortgage Relief Expand Access to Safe, Affordable Credit Help Families Make Ends Meet by Suspending Debt Collection and Banking Fees View Letter The letter is supported...
Woodstock Institute Comment Letter on OCC Calls to Advocates– January 27, 2020