EQUITY e-newsletter: November 2006

Disabling Debt: Which Comes First?

Walking the Line: Using Debt to Create Wealth

Leslie Parrish, Center for Responsible Lending, provides insight into how carefully managing debt, avoiding predatory lending, and use of "good" credit can help people of low-incomes escape poverty.

2006 Annual REACH Awards Dinner

On Saturday, November 4, 2006, Community Development and Financial Resources, Inc. (CDFR), an affiliate of Communities United Credit Union, will sponsor the 2nd Annual REACH Awards Dinner.

Women’s Southwest Federal Credit Union: A Feminist Credit Union Helping Women Become Economically Self-Sufficient

Teri Portillo, WSFCU, shows what credit unions can do to help people repair credit problems, become financially literate and economically self-sufficient.

Debt and Disability: Three Stories on the Impact of Disability on Personal Finances

Debt issues can take on a whole other dimension when factoring in disability. The circumstances are all different, yet one thing ties these stories together: they all encountered debt as a direct result of their disabilities and their disabilities have made their struggle to eliminate debt much more challenging.

Building Positive Credit

What if you have no credit? Maybe you are debt-free and have always used cash to make every purchase. You would think that being debt free is a positive trait in the eyes of the lender, right? Think again.

EQUITY Responds: Answers to common questions received from either the Asset Building Community or the Disability Community

What is the primary cause of financial crises in the United States?