CFPB and DOJ Sue Predatory Mortgage Lender for Reverse Redlining, Exploiting Consumers With Limited English Proficiency
DOJ and CFPB jointly sue Colony Ridge for operating an illegal land sales scheme that targeted low-income Hispanic consumers.
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DOJ and CFPB jointly sue Colony Ridge for operating an illegal land sales scheme that targeted low-income Hispanic consumers.
NCLC Advocates Praise New Requirement for Use of Supplemental Consumer Information Form WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that it will require lenders making FHA-insured mortgage loans to use the Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac Supplementary Consumer Information Form (SCIF) to collect a mortgage applicant’s language…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (TX-29) announces the reintroduction of two bills for Financial Literacy Month: the Community Finance Language Inclusion Act and the Multilingual Financial Literacy Act. Both bills are supported by the National Consumer Law Center and aim to strengthen and expand financial literacy for limited English proficiency individuals. The Community Finance Language Inclusion Act would expand the…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) proposed rule to codify several existing measures to ensure a fair and accessible housing finance system will require housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to collect and report information about mortgage applicants’ language preference, according to Americans for Financial Reform Language Access Task Force…
Required use of the Supplementary Consumer Information Form (SCIF) begins on March 1 WASHINGTON – Americans for Financial Reform, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Consumer Action, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD), the National Consumer Law Center, the National Fair Housing Alliance, National Housing Resource Center, and UnidosUS celebrate today’s decision…
May 3, 2022 Use of the Supplementary Consumer Information Form (SCIF) will enable effective communication between borrower and lender throughout the home buying process. WASHINGTON – Today, National Consumer Law Center, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Action, Empire Justice Center, National Community Stabilization Trust, National Fair Housing Alliance, UnidosUS, and National CAPACD applauded the Federal…