Chicago hosting Justice Department fair lending forum

from the Justice Department…..

FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE TO HOST

FAIR LENDING FORUM IN CHICAGO

WASHINGTON – The President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force will host a Fair Lending Forum in Chicago on THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010. The Fair Lending Forum will inform members of the Task Force by helping to identify discriminatory lending practices in housing and banking.

Representatives of the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Reserve Board are co-hosting this event with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. Individuals and organizations from the greater Chicago area will share front-line information on fair lending issues in their communities.

WHO: Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice

Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Timothy R. Burniston, Senior Associate Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois

Robb Adkins, Executive Director, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

WHAT: Forum on Fair Lending

WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010

Program- 9:00 A.M. CDT/ 10:00 A.M. EDT
Press Conference- 11:30 A.M. CDT/ 12:30 P.M. EDT

WHERE: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604