CRA Mortgages: A Failure to ImplementSeptember 8, 2021CRA reform efforts must address the fact that federal regulators have rated 95% of banks Satisfactory…More
Illinois CRA Rulemaking Process BeginsJune 7, 2021 The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) kicked off their rulemaking process…More
New State Community Reinvestment Law Takes Aim at Lending DisparitiesMarch 26, 2021Governor Pritzker signed the Illinois Community Reinvestment Act into law, making Illinois the second state with…More
Comment Letter: Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ ANPR on the CRAFebruary 16, 2021Woodstock Institute submitted a comment letter to respond to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Advanced…More
57 groups ask governor to sign Illinois CRA billFebruary 15, 2021Woodstock Institute, Housing Action Illinois, and 55 other organizations wrote to Gov. Pritzker asking him to…More
Comment Letter: Opposing Oportun’s Application for Bank CharterDecember 24, 2020Woodstock-Comment-Opposing-Oportun-ApplicationDownloadMore
Testimony of Spencer Cowan to Senate Financial Institutions Joint HearingOctober 22, 2020Testimony of Spencer Cowan to Senate Financial Institutions Joint Hearing with Senate Commerce and Economic Development…More
Comment Letter: FDIC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Industrial Loan Corporation (ILC) CharterJuly 1, 2020Woodstock-ILC-Comment-7-1-20DownloadMore
Policy Analysis: OCC 2020 CRA RuleJune 23, 2020How Communities Would Be Impacted by New Federal Banking Rules: Final Analysis In the midst of the…More
Letter to OCC, FDIC, Fed: Use CRA to Address RacismJune 5, 202039 Illinois groups sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the…More
PRESS RELEASE: Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Advocates Decry Plan to Weaken Anti-Redlining RulesMay 22, 2020Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Advocates Decry Plan to Weaken Anti-Redlining Rules During Pandemic, Federal Banking Regulator…More
Policy Analysis: How Communities Would Be Impacted by New Federal Banking RulesMay 21, 2020How Communities Would Be Impacted by New Federal Banking Rules: Preliminary Analysis In the midst of…More
STATEMENT: OCC Comptroller Otting’s Final Act Brings Chaos, not Certainty, to Anti-Redlining LawMay 20, 2020STATEMENT: OCC Comptroller Otting’s Final Act Brings Chaos, not Certainty, to Anti-Redlining Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May…More
BLOG: Engage Bank Advisory Councils to Protect CRAFebruary 13, 2020Engage Bank Advisory Councils By Brent Adams Bank advisory councils are an ideal forum to have…More
Comment Letter on OCC Calls to Advocates– January 27, 2020February 4, 2020Woodstock Institute Comment Letter on OCC Calls to Advocates– January 27, 2020More
Sign on Letter: Community Reinvestment Act Modernization 2020January 30, 2020Contact Brent at Badams@woodstockinst.org to add your organization to this sign-on letter. It urges the Office…More
Comment Letter on OCC/FDIC CRA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking– Woodstock Institute, CCLF January 28, 2020January 29, 2020Comment Letter on OCC/FDIC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Community Reinvestment Act Rules- Woodstock Institute, Chicago…More
SAMPLE COMMENT: Responding to OCC/FDIC CRA ProposalJanuary 22, 2020Sample Comment Letter Download as Word file. [DATE], 2020 Comptroller Joseph M. Otting Chair Jelena McWilliams…More