Folks this is the link to the audio piece that Richard mentioned on NPR.

From 848 on WBEZ.org:
Reviewing Returns and Run-Offs

Please add all links for local organizations here.

Chicago Community Loan Fund

First Community Land Trust of Chicago (more info needed)

Citizens’ Lighthouse Community Land Trust (Evanston)

the Chicago Community Loan Fund (www.cclfchicago.org) is our friend:

Here are some national or govt organizations with informational resources we should probably take a look at for pertinent items.  Please add to this list

US Rural Development department of the USDA CoOp reports - 

www.rurdev.usda.gov/RBS/pub/cooprpts.htm

The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives -

www.uwcc.wisc.edu/index.html

National Association of Housing Cooperatives -