Testimony of Horacio Mendez at 2022 City Council Finance Committee Lending Equity Ordinance hearing on municipal depositories

Testimony of Horacio Mendez at Illinois Community Reinvestment Act rulemaking hearing

WBEZ: How Chicago’s City Council Aims to Push Banks to Lend Fairly

CRA Mortgages: A Failure to Implement

Make Chicago Home for Everyone – Pass the Lending Equity Ordinance

The Lending Equity Ordinance will support more equitable investment in Chicago communities by banks

Woodstock plans two new Fact Books in 2021

Women far less likely to be approved for mortgage in Chicago area (Chicago Tribune)

Comment Letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency Urging Them to Strengthen 2015-2017 Affordable Housing Goals

Mortgages, credit cards top Illinoisans’ financial gripes to feds (Chicago Tribune)

Unequal Opportunity: Disparities in Mortgage Lending to Women in the Chicago Region

New research finds disparities in mortgage lending to women

Unequal Opportunity: Disparate Mortgage Origination Patterns for Women in the Chicago Area

Paying More for the American Dream VI: Racial Disparities in FHA/VA Lending

Preserving Communities in the Wake of the Foreclosure Crisis

Struggling to Stay Afloat: Negative Equity in Communities of Color in the Chicago Six County Region

Fact Sheet: Negative Equity in Communities of Color in the Chicago Six County Region

White Paper on Fostering Opportunity: The Impacts of Changes in Housing Finance on Access to Credit and Housing Choices

Home mortgage lending plummets in neighborhoods of color: National study exposes possible redlining and unequal access to credit

Paying More for the American Dream V: The Persistence and Evolution of the Dual Mortgage Market