Links

Predatory Lending and Foreclosure Prevention links:

HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Agencies in Illinois.
SB 1167 HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies providing file reviews to prevent predatory or fraudulent lending in Cook County under a new Illinois law.
Special alert about predatory loans and mortgages from Ocwen, CitiFinancial and Fairbanks.
HUD provides tips for preventing foreclosure.
Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation provides assistance to income- or age-qualifying households.
Woodstock Institute works to develop policy that levels the financial services http://www.ushumanrightsfund.org/grantees/national-training-and-information-center#mce_temp_url#playing field and ensures that families have the opportunity to build wealth through fair credit practices. Woodstock produces detailed studies in fair lending and community reinvestment practices, particularly in the Chicago area.
National Training and Information Center has compiled a list of predatory lending practices.
Tips from AARP on how to avoid bad loans.
ACORN has a campaign to prevent predatory lending.
The Center for Responsible Lending provides comprehensive information on predatory lending practices.
National Public Radio feature story on the human failing and greed that led to the mortgage crisis, aired May 9, 2008 on "This American Life."

Affordable Housing Advocacy links:

The Illinois Housing Development Authority is responsible for increasing Illinois' affordable housing stock; includes homebuyer re sources and a few resources for renters.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to ending the affordable housing crisis.
Housing Action Illinois (formerly Statewide Housing Action Coalition) works to increase and preserve the supply of affordable, accessible housing in Illinois.
The National Housing Conference is an advocacy for affordable housing, operating at the national level to conduct and publicize research on housing policies and issues related to affordable housing.
List of private housing agencies that service Illinois.
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) seeks to increase the supply of affordable housing for moderate- to very low-income families, with a priority on broadly dispersing such housing throughout the region and integrating it with market-rate housing in healthy communities.
HousingMatters.net mobilizes support for quality, fair, accessible, affordable housing in Illinois. Provides periodic action alerts and a quick way to send e-mails to elected officials.
Evanston Housing 4 All is a coalition of Evanston non-profit groups and concerned individuals providing public education and advocacy for affordable housing.
Community Partners for Affordable Housing is a community-owned non-profit that develops and manages affordable housing.

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