Woodstock Institute signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) requesting that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Department of Agriculture...
Last year, millions of Americans rediscovered the importance of home. Besides safe havens, their homes became makeshift offices, schools, theaters and gyms— and the centers of family life like never before. A home is more than a place of...
Woodstock recently signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As borrowers exit their COVID relief forbearance terms and resume making payments on their mortgages, some who...
Woodstock Institute recently signed on to a letter led by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) commenting on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Mortgagee Letter 2021-18. The comment letter applauds HUD for providing access to...
Woodstock and fellow Chicago affordable housing advocates have been working with Ald. Harry Osterman (48th Ward) on a Lending Equity Ordinance (LEO), which was recently introduced in City Council.
Woodstock signed on to a letter led by Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urging the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to extend the deadline for FHA mortgage borrowers to apply for a COVID-19 forbearance on their...
2018 Chicago Area Community Lending Fact Book Lauren Nolan The Chicago area 2018 Community Lending Fact Book identifies local mortgage and small business lending trends in the City of Chicago, Chicago’s 77 community areas, and the seven-county region of...