For-profit education and student loans
140314_ncrc_studentloans_buitrago.pdf Presented by Katie Buitrago at the 2014 National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference in Washington, DC.
Legislative Advocacy 101
140312_LegislativeAdvocacy101_Eccles.pdf Presented by Courtney Eccles at the 2014 National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference in Washington, DC.
Community Development Financial Institutions, New Market Tax Credits, Revolving Loan Funds, and Equity Investors as Sources of Business Capital in Appalachia, 2007 and 2010
ARC Webinar 131203 SMC.pdf Presented by Spencer Cowan on December 9, 2013.
Illinois Payday and Installment Loan Reforms
131126 CFA Payday_Installment Regs.pdf Presented by Courtney Eccles at the CFA High-Cost Credit and Payday Loan Summit on December 4, 2013.
Woodstock Institute Data Portal Training
130905_data_portal_training.pdf Presented by Dan Fair on September 5, 2013 at Woodstock Institute’s office.
Chicago Community Area Real Estate Indicators
Rainbow Push Economic Conditions 130518 Cowan.pdf Presentation by Vice President Spencer Cowan on Chicago area economic indicators for the Rainbow Push Coalition.
Chicago Community Area Real Estate Indicators
Rainbow Push Economic Conditions 130518 Cowan.pdf Presentation by Spencer Cowan on real estate trends on indicators such as foreclosures, vacant properties, population, and mortgage origination.
Inequality in Housing, Financial Services and Retirement Security in the Chicago Region
KAM slides 130501.pdf Woodstock President Dory Rand presented to the KAM Isaiah Israel on causes of inequality in housing, financial services, and retirement security, trends in home equity and outstanding mortgage debt, and how communities of color and low-income...
Unequal Opportunity: Disparities in Mortgage Lending to Women in the Chicago Region
Presentation for the 2013 National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C. Spencer Cowan presented on Woodstock Institute’s “Unequal Opportunity” report, which identified disparities in lending for women in the Chicago six-county region.
The Scope of Retirement Income Insecurity Among Illinois Workers
IABG Retirement Savings Presentation 121116 Cowan.pdf Presentation for the 2012 Illinois Asset Building Group Conference. Spencer Cowan presented on sources of retirement income and recent trends, access to employment-based retirement savings plans in Illinois, and policy recommendations.