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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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Amicus Brief of Ten Consumer Advocacy Organizations in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America

May 22, 2023

NCLC joined an amicus brief with ten organizations, lead by Public Justice, to support the CFPB in a case before the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s holding that the CFPB’s funding structure violates the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause and vacating the pay-day lending rule the CFPB promulgated at that time. The amicus brief explains…

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Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

May 16, 2023

The Fifth Circuit's decision in the case of CFPB vs. CFSA, if confirmed, would undermine the critical work of the CFPB.

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Amicus Brief in CFPB v. CFSA

May 16, 2023

Amici curiae are ten organizations devoted to advocacy on behalf of consumers of financial services whose interests are protected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Amici support the regulatory and enforcement initiatives that the CFPB has undertaken since its creation, including the payday lending rule at issue in this case. Amici, and the consumers…

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Consumer Group Comments Supporting CFPB Proposal for $8 Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) (on behalf of its low-income clients), Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, American Economic Liberties Project, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Demand Progress Education Fund, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Tzedek DC submitted comments in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB…

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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

Amicus Brief of Ten Consumer Advocacy Organizations in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America

Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

Amicus Brief in CFPB v. CFSA

Consumer Group Comments Supporting CFPB Proposal for $8 Credit Card Late Fees