financial education

Donna Stiglmeier
Wed, 12/05/2007

Building Wealth in Lower-Income Communities

Tools so hardworking people can climb out of poverty

On Monday, December 3rd, I presented on a panel at “Working Together to Build Wealth in Lower-Income Communities” held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and sponsored by Massachusetts Community and Banking Council. Wealth and Poverty, Products and Services for people who are low-income, Financial Education Program Models, and Increasing Collaboration were all explored via panel presentations and Q & A.  read more »

Meghan Keaney
Mon, 03/03/2008

Subprime Lending and Poor Communities

What are the trends in Massachusetts?

Bread for the World institute recently posted to their blog a study that they conducted showing how widespread subprime lending is in poor communities.

Here's how Massachusetts fared in their study, Homeownership, Subprime Loans and Poverty...  read more »

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