New head of Chicago housing agency faces challenging role (Chicago Tribune)

Entrepreneurs in low-income areas find ways to grow businesses (WBEZ)

Op-Ed: Honor Veterans By Urging Congress to Reign in Payday Lenders (The Village Free Press)

Fair housing groups worry ruling erodes bias argument (Chicago Tribune)

Regulators should ensure that banks meet retail banking needs of low- and moderate-income communities

Student-Loan Market Recalls Subprime Crisis for U.S. Treasury (Rocket News)

Student-Loan Market Recalls Subprime Crisis for U.S. Treasury (Anicazna)

Student-Loan Market Recalls Subprime Crisis for U.S. Treasury (Bloomberg News)

Holding back the housing market here: 138,728 ‘hidden households’ (Crain’s Chicago)

CFPB Report Shows Repayment Struggle for Private Student Loan Borrowers

New Foreclosure Filings See Dramatic Decrease in Tri-Cities, Kane Co. (Patch.com)

Act now to expand transparency on consumer problems with financial institutions

Redefining Retirement (Chicago Tonight)

Chicago-Area Foreclosures Hit Pre-Recession Levels, But The Housing Crisis Is Far From Over (Progress Illinois)

Fewer Chicago Foreclosures, but Illinois Real Estate Still Suffering (Angie’s List)

Redlining: Redefined (1964 Project)

Foreclosure Starts Sink to Pre-Recession Level in Chicago Area (DS News)

Study Shows Businesses in Majority Minority Places Like Maywood Struggle to Access Credit (The Village Free Press)

Chicago-area foreclosures drop 38% in first half of 2014 (Chicago Tribune)

Act now: help public benefits recipients build wealth