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Leadership Conference Group Comments on Proposed Improvements to Regulatory Process

June 6, 2023

This coalition comment, led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, supports the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs’ recent proposed revisions to the federal regulatory process (as announced in Circular A-4 and Circular A-94). The proposed revisions are much-needed updates that will help the government make policies that respond to the needs…

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Comments Urging the FCC to Prohibit the Temporary Rental of Numbers to Reduce Scam and Illegal Telemarketing Calls

June 5, 2023

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), on behalf of its low-income clients, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, applaud the Federal Communication Commission (Commission or FCC) for its continuing attention to the persistent problem of illegal calls. The Commission is encouraged to continue to develop systemic solutions, including many that are proposed in this docket.…

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Comments on Tenant Screening Request for Information by FTC and CFPB

May 30, 2023

Landlords in the United States almost always engage in some form of screening for rental applicants. Each of the components of tenant screening reports is highly problematic and also creates a disparate impact on Black and Latino renters. The manner in which the components are combined to generate scores or recommendations, and then used by landlords, is also harmful to renters.

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Comments to the FTC-CFPB Tenant Screening Request for Information Submitted with the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

May 30, 2023

The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients, joined the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice in submitting comments to the CFPB and FTC on tenant screening practices that specifically harm survivors of intimate partner violence.

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Letter to FEMA on the National Advisory Council

May 30, 2023

NCLC and others submitted a coalition letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) advocating for the appointment of community representatives to the FEMA National Advisory Council to enhance national disaster policy.

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Letter to EPA re PFAS Drinking Water Regulations

May 28, 2023

nking water rules and to ensure affordable drinking water. These comments urge EPA to reject the premise that drinking water can either be safe or affordable which is contrary to environmental justice and leads to unsafe water for disadvantaged, overburdened communities.

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Leadership Conference Group Comments on Proposed Improvements to Regulatory Process

Comments Urging the FCC to Prohibit the Temporary Rental of Numbers to Reduce Scam and Illegal Telemarketing Calls

Comments on Tenant Screening Request for Information by FTC and CFPB

Comments to the FTC-CFPB Tenant Screening Request for Information Submitted with the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

Letter to FEMA on the National Advisory Council

Letter to EPA re PFAS Drinking Water Regulations