Report: Older Chicagoans at Risk as Banks Innovate Seniors in Chicago’s South Side at Highest Risk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Jenna Severson CHICAGO, IL – A reportreleased today by Woodstock Institute entitled “Digitally Divided: Older Adult...
From the Senior Vice President of Policy & Communication The Predatory Loan Battle Heats Up (Again) We have reached another crossroads in the battle to protect consumers from predatory payday and auto title loans. President Trump’s freshly appointed Director...
From the President 2019 NCRC Conference: A Rousing Successes Lately, fighting for financial justice feels a bit like yelling into the void. Policy decisions and industry practices have determined which groups are encouraged to build and acquire wealth, and...
Low-Income Tax Filers Targeted With False Promise of Big Refunds By Joe Light in Bloomberg Markets March 6, 2019, 3:00 AM CST Illinois attorney general sues over deceptive practices Earned income tax credit gives enticing target for preparers Michael Anderson and...
Access to Credit or Access to Debt? Under New Leadership Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Caves to Loan Sharks, Reopens Historic Payday Protections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 6, 2018 PRESS CONTACTS: Brent Adams (badams@woodstockinst.org) or Jenna Severson (jseverson@woodstockinst.org) CHICAGO,...
By Fran Spielman Chicago Sun-Times Mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle vowed Tuesday to bring equity to an overly punitive ticketing policy that has unfairly targeted minority motorists and forced thousands of them into bankruptcy. In vowing to go easier on motorists,...
Statement: Governor Pritzker Promises Solutions for Low-Income Illinoisans Lieutenant Governor Stratton Becomes First Black Lieutenant Governor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Jenna Severson (o) 312-368-0310 (jseverson@woodstockinst.org) SPRINGFIELD, IL – J.B. Pritzker...
Chicago Adopts Recommendations to Expand Accessible Housing The Chicago City Council voted on December 12 to approve the proposed City of Chicago 5-Year Housing Plan (the Plan) for years 2019-2023. The Plan will guide the work of the new...
What Recovery? Ask Chicagoans 10 Years after Financial Crisis Woodstock Institute Releases 2018 Community Lending Fact Book against Backdrop of Sluggish Recovery in the Region FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2018 PRESS CONTACT: Jenna Severson (0) (312) 368-0310 (jseverson@woodstockinst.org)...
I am pleased today to unveil Woodstock Institute’s Aging in Place Typologies Interactive Map. Woodstock’s recent research report, Aging in Place: A Strategic Plan to Support Older Adult Housing Needs in the Chicago Region, broke the seven-county Chicago Region...