New Presidential Order on Bank Accounts and ITINs: What You Need to Know
Here is a guide to what the order means for you, your bank account, and your money.
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What States & Local Governments Can Do to Support Immigrants' Financial Stability
States, counties, and local governments can help protect immigrants, their families, and communities from financial exploitation and other consumer abuses.
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Local Solutions to Protect Heirs Property Owners from Property Tax Foreclosure
Heirs property owners are at an elevated risk of losing their home to property tax foreclosure. These owners of inherited homes are disproportionately likely to be older adults living and people of color. Targeted policy solutions can make a significant difference in reducing the rate of property tax foreclosure on heirs property, preventing housing instability…
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What States Can Do To Protect Heirs From Disaster Displacement
Disasters can create devastating housing and financial insecurity for working families. Owners of inherited family homes have a greater need and reduced access to vital disaster assistance funds. Inherited homes are more likely to be older and in physically inadequate conditions, increasing the likelihood that they will suffer damage in a disaster. Nearly one-third of…
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Handcuffing Heirs: How Seizing Inheritances to Collect Pay-to-Stay Prison Fees Hinders Recovery and Financial Stability
An inheritance is an important family legacy that can provide a safety net for future generations. For working families struggling to keep up with rising living costs, the transfer of a family home or other inheritance can provide newfound economic security. In particular, the anticipated wealth transfer from the Baby Boomer generation to their heirs…
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Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Racial Equity and Economic Justice
After the Trump administration's all-out assault on equity, civil rights, racial justice, and the rule of law, new forms of digital discrimination, amplified by artificial intelligence, will flourish.
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2025 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities
NCLC will pursue common-sense regulatory and legislative reforms to ensure fairness, fight fraud, and protect consumers in 2025.
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Policy Recommendations: Ways to Prevent Built-to-Fail Land Contracts and Lease-Options From Hijacking the American Dream of Homeownership
A significant number of Americans have attempted to become homeowners through “rent-to-own” transactions – either a land contract or a lease with option to buy. Often, these contracts are built to fail. In this issue brief, we provide policy recommendations to prevent harmful practices and incentivize success.
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Myths and Facts About Ways to Increase Small Dollar Mortgage Lending
In this issue brief, we debunk certain myths about the barriers to small-dollar mortgage lending and set out recommendations for meaningful progress.
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Captive Concerns: Incarcerated People Face Obstacles to Reporting Consumer Abuses
Consumer protection laws apply to incarcerated people. But because of incarcerated people’s limited and highly regulated contact with the outside world, they struggle to report consumer problems such as identity theft and fraud, as well as abusive practices perpetrated by the private companies that they must rely on for essential services and goods within correctional…
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Reforming Property Tax Foreclosure Laws to Promote Sustainable Homeownership
Property tax systems can foster sustainable homeownership, be fair and reasonable for property owners, and still provide the revenue needed for quality public services.
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Federal Priorities to Remove Roadblocks and Embed Equity in Federal Programs and Policies
A slate of recommendations to advance equity and racial justice across the federal government.
