Area foreclosures up, nation’s rates down (Elgin Courier-News)

Woodstock’s Tom Feltner joins Sen. Dick Durbin in celebrating passage of financial reform

U.S. Senate Passes Financial Reform (Progress Illinois)

From the President: Woodstock addresses Chase CEO at Shareholder Meeting in NYC

HAMP activity drops in Chicago as well as nationally: April

Speakers announced for “Beyond Foreclosures”

Troubled Chicago bank wins high-powered backers (Reuters/New York Times)

New Trier Township offers help: Food pantry sees need grow (Wilmette Life/Sun Times News Group)

Foreclosures Down in Many Areas, but Not Illinois (NBC-5 Chicago)

Banks Redline Minority Communities Again (City Limits)

Banks Tighten Mortgage Lending in Minority Neighborhoods (WBEZ-FM/Chicago Public Radio)

Crisis cut U.S. minority mortgage access – study (Reuters/CNBC)

Report: Lending to Minorities Scaled Back Disproportionately (Washington Independent)

Refinancing Bias: Does Race Play a Factor? (AOL Housing Watch)

The return of redlining (Community Media Workshop)

Guest post: Growth in microfinance field spurs debate

Debt settlement reforms pass General Assembly, move to Governor Quinn for enactment

Home Sales Rise As Do Foreclosures (Chicagoist)

Rehabbing Foreclosed Properties (WTTW Chicago Tonight)

Suburbs Unite in Quest for Federal Housing Aid, but Are Shut Out (New York Times/Chicago News Cooperative)