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Eliminating custodial bench warrants for infractions will help end an unnecessary pipeline to incarceration that makes it harder for people to pay their debt, support their families, and achieve financial stability.
NCLC joined joint testimony supporting MA H.2326/S.1506, “An Act relative to successful transition and re-entry to tomorrow for incarcerated persons” (The STARTT Act).
Read More about Joint Testimony Supporting MA I.D. Bill for People Released from Prison
NCLC submitted testimony in support of a Massachusetts bill, "An Act to remove collateral consequences and protect the presumption of innocence" (H.B. 1493 / S.B 998).
Read More about Testimony In Support of MA H.B. 1493 / S.B 998, re: Immediate Record-Sealing
In this testimony, we write in support of Massachusetts bills H.3314 and S.2227, “An Act to End Debt-Based Driving Restrictions and Remove Economic Roadblocks," and we urge the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation to vote them favorably out of committee. The testimony highlights the harms that debt-based license suspensions cause to low-income people, and particularly to low-income people of color.
Alternative home financing transactions like land contracts and leases with option to buy have garnered much attention. NCLC’s research has led us to conclude that these alternative transactions do not provide a meaningful pathway to homeownership. Rather, land contracts and leases with option to buy are both costly and destructive detours that diminish the likelihood…
NCLC supports AB 1186, the REPAIR Act. The bill would provide crime survivors with more equitable, timely, and stable compensation, while ensuring young people and their families are not locked into unaffordable debt and poverty. It would do so by establishing a public compensation fund through which crime survivors can address immediate needs for compensation, and by ensuring that accountability and rehabilitation is addressed in youth-appropriate ways—such as participating in restorative justice practices, community service, or personal development programs.
Read More about Testimony Supporting California's AB 1186, The REPAIR Act, on Youth Restitution
Written Testimony of John W. Van Alst Attorney, National Consumer Law Center and Director of NCLC’s Working Cars for Working Families Project Before the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations U.S. House of Representatives “Examining Discrimination in the Automobile Loan and Insurance Industries.”