| Consumers and their lawyers
from around the country have been calling us at NCLC to share their debt-collection
horror stories. Harassment, abuse and clearly-illegal tactics appear to
be the norm for many debt collectors. And to top it off a sizeable minority
of the consumers they target don’t even owe the money!
Our goals at NCLC are to strengthen the hand of consumers and their lawyers
in fighting these tactics – through legal training, legislative
work and public exposure of bad behavior. It’s important to remember
that the vast majority of those who do owe money aren’t “deadbeats”
– just people who’ve hit a bad patch due to unforeseen circumstances.
They have every intention of paying when they can. |
and NCLC