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The 39 organizations listed below are pleased to submit these comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding unfair or deceptive fees, R207011. These comments discuss the many fees, which we refer to as “junk fees,” charged to renters and rental housing applicants. The organizations urge the FTC…
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These comments discuss the many junk fees charged to tenants and rental housing applicants. We urge the CFPB to work with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate and prevent the imposition of these junk fees so that they do not end up in the hands of debt collectors, impair renters’ credit reports, and jeopardize…
Letter submitting a Policy Brief that presents the results of a survey of 82 legal aid and non-profit attorneys from 27 states and the District of Columbia who worked with consumers with alleged rental debt between June and August 2021. The vast majority (71%) of attorneys who represented consumers with rental debt pre-pandemic reported an…
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The undersigned organizations urge HUD to take action to ensure that individuals who qualify for public or subsidized housing can successfully secure a home.
We are writing to urge the CFPB to amend the Interim Final Rule on Debt Collection Practices in Connection With the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (“IFR”) to clarify that it applies to the current eviction moratorium. The IFR requires increased information for tenants about COVID-related protection from eviction, and clarifies that consumers have federal remedies against debt collectors involved in the eviction that fail to provide or misrepresent that information.