September 2020 - National Consumer Law Center

LDF, ACLU of Michigan, National Consumer Law Center, and Michigan Poverty Law Program File Class Action Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Vision Property Management for Targeting Black Homebuyers in Home Purchase Scheme

Jan Kruse2020-09-29T11:02:11-05:00September 29, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2020 LDF Media: Ella Wiley / ewiley@naacpldf.org National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse / jkruse@nclc.org ACLU Michigan: Ann Mullen / amullen@aclumich.org, 313-400-8562 Michigan Poverty Law Program: Lorray Brown / lorrayb@mplp.org Detroit - Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), [...]

Henderson v. Vision Property Management, LLC

Stephen Rouzer2020-09-29T12:35:14-05:00September 24, 2020|Categories: Litigation|

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan Co-Counsel: National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), NAACP Legal Defense Fund, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Michigan, and Michigan Poverty Law Program This class-action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The lawsuit alleges the Defendants violated federal and state civil rights [...]

Consumer and Faith Groups to CFPB Director: Stop Letting Industry Violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Jan Kruse2020-09-24T09:39:13-05:00September 24, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

For Immediate Release: September 24, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org) 550% increase in credit reporting complaints to CFPB in the past six months Washington, D.C. - A coalition of 21 consumer, faith, and advocacy groups sent a letter today to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy [...]

NCLC Advocates Applaud Schumer/Warren Senate Resolution Calling for $50,000 in Debt Cancellation for 43 Million Student Loan Borrowers

Jan Kruse2020-09-17T11:17:19-05:00September 17, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Persis Yu (pyu@nclc.org) Boston - Today, Senators Schumer and Warren announced they are introducing a Resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for [...]

States Must Help Protect Vital Utility Service During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic: Models from Three States

Jan Kruse2020-09-17T08:27:53-05:00September 17, 2020|Categories: NCLC Utilities & Telecom Blog|

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread through the United States, with its accompanying economic shutdown, several states adopted a moratorium on terminations of utility service. However, in most states that adopted moratoriums, those termination prohibitions have already expired or will within the next few months. Legislators and utility regulators must act now to extend these moratoriums [...]

2020 Speakers

Svetlana Ladan2020-11-18T17:13:20-05:00September 14, 2020|Categories: Conferences & Training|

Consumer Rights Litigation Conference Info Page Speaker Biographies Ron Akasaka, Smart ADR John Albanese, Berger Montague Amanda Allen, The Consumer Protection Firm Jennie Anderson, Andrus Anderson Susan Apel, Office of PA Attorney General Leslie Bailey, Public Justice Lauren Barnes, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro John Barrett, Bailey Glasser Jerry Battle, NCLC Laura Bazelon, University of San [...]

HUD Guts Civil Rights Rule Used to Address Systemic Discrimination in the Housing Market on the Dawn of an Eviction and Foreclosure Crisis

Jan Kruse2020-09-08T14:39:59-05:00September 8, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 8, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Odette Williamson (owilliamson@nclc.org) National Consumer Law Center Advocates Urge HUD to Reverse Course and Restore Key Civil Rights Protections Washington, D.C. - In a continuing campaign to weaken civil rights protections, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [...]

Consumer & Civil Rights Advocates to OCC: Your Proposed “True Lender” Rule Would Help Fraudulent, Predatory Lenders Evade State Interest Rate Laws that Protect Families

Jan Kruse2020-09-04T11:23:39-05:00September 3, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 3, 2020 Press Contacts: Jan Kruse (NCLC): jkruse@nclc.org, Ricardo Quinto (CRL): ricardo.quinto@responsiblelending.org, and Carter Dougherty (AFREF) carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org The timing of the OCC’s embrace of predatory lenders could not be worse We are in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis and a severe economic crisis, with both crises impacting communities of [...]