Proposed state, national bills regulating rent-to-own stores fail to sufficiently protect consumers

More Americans to exit homeownership (Housing Wire)

The New $100 Million Fund to Modify Loans and Prevent Foreclosures (Chicago Magazine)

McAsey: Foreclosures still prevalent (TribLocal Bolingbrook)

June marks celebration of National Homeownership Month but few Latinos at the party (Metropolitan Planning Council Blog)

Foreclosed Home Stock Balloons (Chicago News Cooperative)

Ald. Dowell, Mayor Emanuel move to address Chicago’s $36 million troubled, vacant property problem

Chicago Tonight: City Council Meeting (WTTW)

Black Chicagoans Fuel Growth of South Suburbs (Chicago News Cooperative)

What’s next for housing finance? Key ideas from five of the nation’s top thinkers

The Housing Crisis on Chicago’s South Side (Chicago Magazine)

Vacant homes keep Englewood in downward spiral (Chicago Tribune)

What we’re reading: Tough questions

New USDA regulation could help low-income families save

Data Stories: Visualizing the Foreclosure Backlog

New report finds that as thousands of rental buildings in Chicago enter foreclosure, tenants are being unjustly uprooted

HAMP servicer assessment shows widespread errors, potentially eligible homeowners being denied

Treasury penalizes servicers not performing up to standards: April HAMP Analysis

Act now: New threats to CFPB up for vote soon

The real battle for the soul of financial reform: implementation