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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: predatory loans

Posted inPerspectives

Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery

by Ameya Pawar and Harish I. Patel July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.

Posted inPerspectives

Coronavirus-related debt will live in digital profiles for years – hurting Americans’ ability to get jobs, apartments and credit

by Michele Gilman June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

ROUNDUP: Little room to breathe as Chicago and Illinois fight to bend the COVID-19 curve

by Asraa Mustufa April 17, 2020April 30, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending

by Curtis Black April 4, 2019April 10, 2019
Posted inHousing

After years of scamming black homeowners, Mark Diamond finally charged

by Curtis Lawrence May 31, 2017September 5, 2017
Posted inHousing

Elderly black homeowners await restitution for reverse mortgage scam

by Curtis Lawrence March 3, 2017September 6, 2017
Posted inEconomic Development, TCR Talks

Banking on the black community

by La Risa Lynch July 12, 2016July 12, 2016

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