Policy Brief: Access to Employment-Based Retirement Savings in Illinois
autoIRA_policybrief_april2012_0.pdf
Fact Sheet: Negative Equity in Communities of Color in the Chicago Six County Region
stayingafloat_policybrief_mar2012_0.pdf
Fact Sheet: Capital One Application to Acquire ING Direct
woodstock_sept2011_capitalone_ing_talkingpoints_0.pdf
Policy Brief: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Authorities Without a Director
110823_factsheet_cfpbpowersfinal_0.pdf
White Paper on Fostering Opportunity: The Impacts of Changes in Housing Finance on Access to Credit and Housing Choices
fosteringopportunity_whitepaper_june2011_0.pdf
Policy Brief: Bridging the Gap II: Examining Trends and Patterns of Personal Bankruptcy in Cook County’s Communities of Color
bridgingthegapII_may2011_smithduda.pdf Additionally, bankruptcy filers in African-American communities are more than twice as likely as filers in predominantly white communities to choose Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Read more here
Policy Brief: Troubled Foreclosed Properties and Servicer Accountability in Chicago
This policy brief summarizes the findings of “Left Behind: Troubled Foreclosed Properties and Servicer Accountability in Chicago.” It describes troubled foreclosed properties, highlights key findings, and summarizes the policy recommendations in the report.
Addendum to Understanding Credit Score Patterns in New York City
bridgingthegaponepager_jan2011_nycaddendum_0.pdf This fact sheet examines patterns in credit scores in New York City in 2007. The fact sheet explains how credit scores are used and describes sharp disparities in credit characteristics between communities of color and white communities in...