Debate continues over housing law: Counseling plan hailed or hated
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Does a controversial new housing law help or hurt homeownership in several South and West Side neighborhoods? That’s what the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation will sort out after a Monday hearing that drew about 300 people to the James R. Thompson Center. The agency heard statements from dozens of community activists and citizens who tended to see the law as either a state-sanctioned form of redlining or a long-overdue tool for fighting predatory lending Source : accessmylibrary.com |