July 2020 - National Consumer Law Center

Amicus Brief Opposes OCC Charter That Would Aid Predatory Lenders

Jan Kruse2020-07-31T08:06:09-05:00July 31, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

For Immediate Release: July 31, 2020 Media Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Center for Responsible Lending: Ricardo Quinto (ricardo.quinto@responsiblelending.org) National Community Reinvestment Coalition: Alyssa Wiltse (awiltse@ncrc.org) WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Consumer Law Center, Center for Responsible Lending, and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition filed an amicus brief in Lacewell v. Office of the [...]

Consumer, Civil Rights, and Housing Groups Call on U.S. Senate to Save Family Homes and Stop Evictions in Next COVID-19 Bill

Jan Kruse2020-08-03T10:32:17-05:00July 28, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 28, 2020 Contacts: Americans for Financial Reform: Diop Harris (diop@ourfinancialsecurity.org) or Linda Jun (linda@ourfinancialsecurity.org) National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Alys Cohen (acohen@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. – More than 50 consumer, civil rights, community, housing, and other public interest organizations sent a letter today to U.S. Senate leadership urging inclusion [...]

Student Loan Borrowers Need Real Relief, Not a COVID Stimulus Plan that Will Bury Them Deeper in Debt

Jan Kruse2020-07-27T17:56:57-05:00July 27, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 27, 2020 CONTACTS: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Persis Yu (pyu@nclc.org) New Republican Stimulus Bill Fails 43 Million Student Loan Borrowers Statement of Persis Yu, director of NCLC’s Student Loan Borrowers Assistance Project, in response to the COVID-19 stimulus package proposed by Senate Republicans today. “As Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) correctly stated [...]

Consumer Advocates to CFPB: Don’t Destabilize the Mortgage Market in the Midst of a Pandemic

Jan Kruse2020-07-27T10:49:52-05:00July 27, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 27, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Alys Cohen (acohen@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. - Today, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and 13 other organizations sent a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging it not to revamp the rules governing the residential mortgage market—a [...]

Consumer Groups Demand Review of FCC Ruling that the Calling Industry Claims Will Allow Millions More Unsolicited Text Messages and Calls to Consumers’ Cellphones

Jan Kruse2020-07-24T14:22:24-05:00July 24, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Margot Saunders (msaunders@nclc.org) Advocates seek review of the Declaratory Ruling issued by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, which blesses P2P texting platforms invented to evade consumer protections WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer groups, led by the National Consumer Law Center [...]

Litigating Bail Cases: Using Consumer Laws to Challenge Commercial Bail Industry Practices

Moussou N'diaye2020-07-23T17:50:21-05:00July 23, 2020|Categories: Criminal Debt Justice, Webinars|

July 23, 2020 Lawsuits across the country are challenging commercial bail systems. This webinar will discuss how consumer laws may be used to challenge abusive and unfair bail industry practices, as well as litigation strategies and obstacles. Speakers: Alex Kornya, Iowa Legal Aid Ivy Wang, Southern Poverty Law Center Ariel Nelson, Staff Attorney at the [...]

Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain

Jan Kruse2020-07-23T16:13:43-05:00July 23, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2020 Media contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Odette Williamson (owilliamson@nclc.org) Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic Washington, D.C.- Today, a coalition of civil rights, affordable housing [...]

Advocacy and Communication as of July 2020

Svetlana Ladan2020-07-23T11:06:47-05:00July 22, 2020|Categories: Board|

Sample of Recent Advocacy Materials New Take Action advocacy campaign: Take Action: Urge your U.S. Senators to help families and the economy recover from COVID-19 by passing the HEROES Act New Reports Voices of Despair: How Seizing the EITC is Leaving Student Loan Borrowers Homeless and Hopeless During a Pandemic, July 2020 Commercialized (In)Justice Litigation Guide: [...]

OCC Proposal Would Turn State Interest Rate Limits Into a “Dead Letter,” Causing Explosion of Rent-a-Bank Payday Lending that Will Devastate Struggling Families

Jan Kruse2021-03-23T18:36:56-05:00July 20, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 20, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. - Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proposed rule that overturns the “true lender” rule that courts have used since the early 1800s to prevent evasions of state usury [...]

Amicus Briefs

Stephen Rouzer2021-03-19T14:29:35-05:00July 17, 2020|Categories: Litigation|

Below are some of the amicus briefs filed by NCLC and our partners on behalf of our low-income clients. In collaboration with national, state, and local organizations and attorney advocates, NCLC provides guidance on a wide range of cases impacting low- to middle-income consumers and their families. Access to Justice || Civil Rights || Credit [...]