Woodstock Institute is excited to announce the release of our Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book: 2022 Data Edition. Published every year, our Community Lending Fact Books provide in-depth information about trends in mortgage lending, foreclosures, small business lending,...
The new report and corresponding Fact Book are a comprehensive look into mortgage lending disparities in Massachusetts Woodstock Institute is excited to share our new work with Partnership for Financial Equity shedding light on how the racial homeownership gap...
Our March 28 webinar presented findings, plans for the next generation of the Community Lending Fact Book & Data Portal, and highlights from article 1 of our new series on reframing the racial wealth gap, a look at...
Our new analysis found lending disparities grew in the Chicago region in 2020. Overall, we found, loan volume increased mostly due to refinance loans. Research Associate Natalie Cheng led our presentation on findings and demonstrated the latest iteration of...
Each year we analyze home and small business lending data for Chicago and the metro region and share it on our Data Portal. In 2020, we found that lending disparities grew in the Chicago region, while overall loan volume...
On February 23, Janice Guzon and Horacio Mendez led a presentation highlighting the new capacities of our online data portal.
People in Chicago's 77 community areas and across the 7-county Chicagoland region rely on our Fact Book and Data Portal to track their neighborhood's financial health. Please join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16...
Woodstock Institute is pleased to share the Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book 2019 Data Edition, continuing a series begun in 1986 as part of our mission to analyze and disseminate data on access to loans and financial opportunity...
Two federal laws, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), passed in the 1970s after a national grassroots advocacy campaign that uncovered examples of redlining – refusal to loan in a community due to bankers’...
People use the Community Lending Fact Book and companion Data Portal to monitor and manage lending activity and ensure each neighborhood can access affordable and responsible credit to help create and maintain a healthy economy.