Meet our new Data Portal & Fact Book
On February 23, Janice Guzon and Horacio Mendez led a presentation highlighting the new capacities of our online data portal.
Join us for a brown bag conversation on our 2019 Data Edition & plans for coming years
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...
Now available: Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book 2019 Data Edition
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...
Fact Book Data Sources: HMDA & CRA
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’...
Who uses the Community Lending Fact Book?
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.
CRA Mortgages: A Failure to Implement
CRA reform efforts must address the fact that federal regulators have rated 95% of banks Satisfactory or better even though data show fewer regulated lenders meeting the law's goals.
Woodstock HUD study finds home modifications help people, save money
The City of Chicago’s HomeMod Program provides home modifications for low- and moderate-income people under the age of 60 who have disabilities. With funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Woodstock evaluated the program to determine whether...
Impact of COVID-19 on Black & Latinx Resident Owners in Chicago
Ongoing research has revealed a potentially massive COVID-19 impact on the two- to four-unit properties that house more than a third of Chicago’s renters.
PLPA Coalition Fact Sheet
The Predatory Loan Prevention Act coalition created a fact sheet in support of Illinois’s new 36% interest rate cap on consumer loans. More than 140 supporters have signed on to the fact sheet, including lenders, government and elected officials,...
PLPA Economic Impact & Job Creation
How the Predatory Loan Prevention Act in Illinois benefits communities and increases equity.