The Must-Have Toolkit for Mayors and City Councilmembers

Texas Appleseed's new toolkit shows how Texas cities can limit predatory lending’s economic drain by helping cities increase access to fair, low-cost loans for their employees and constituents they serve. A Toolkit for Cities lays out specific opportunities any city can pursue, highlights benefits to cities and overall communities, and includes quick facts, tips, and case study examples of programs locally and across the nation. The toolkit includes details from how and why to partner with a local Council of Government (COG) to investing in low-cost lending programs to participating in an employer-based affordable loan program. View the full toolkit, executive summary, supplemental resources and press release for more details. To learn more about our payday and auto title lending reform work, visit our project page.