FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org) The bank regulator’s plan, described as “recipe for disaster” and as a way to “fuel financial exclusion,” provides an avenue for lenders to evade state laws that cap interest rates and to harm families suffering most in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org) WASHINGTON, D.C. – People who have not received their Economic Impact Payments (EIP) should be on the lookout for letters being sent starting today by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) telling them that they may have an [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 12, 2020 Media Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) Center for Accessible Technology: Melissa Kasnitz (mkasnitz@cforat.org) California adopts rules and programs to reduce residential disconnections from gas and electric service  San Francisco – Consumer advocates praised yesterday’s unanimous vote by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: John Rao (jrao@nclc.org) or Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) Los Angeles County Ends PACE Program Marred by Fraud, Abuse, and Unaffordable Loans Thousands of LA County homeowners have been trapped in unaffordable loans through the Property Assessed Clean Energy financing program WASHINGTON, D.C – Effective May [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2020 National Consumer Law Center Contact: Jan Kruse at jkruse@nclc.org BOSTON―Today, advocates warn that the plan announced by the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to allow borrowers with federally held student loans the option to suspend their payments falls far short of what is needed in this national crisis. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2020 Good News Mountaineer Garage contact: Ron Wiles (goodnews.ron@gmail.com) or (304) 680-7140; National Consumer Law Center contacts: Margot Saunders (msaunders@nclc.org), Stephen Rouzer (srouzer@nclc.org) or (202) 595-7847 This afternoon, the West Virginia state senate unanimously approved HB 4969, Creating a Used Car Donor Tax Credit Program to incentivize the donation and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2020 National Consumer Law Center and Center for Responsible Lending Experts to Testify in Rent-a-Bank Hearing before U.S. House Today at 10am ET Washington, D.C. – Eleven national consumer and civil-rights groups submitted a comment letter late yesterday to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) strongly opposing the federal banking [...]

Prolific robocaller Yodel Technologies seeks exemption for making over 77 million unwanted and illegal telemarketing calls using AI and prerecorded voice messages. WASHINGTON - Yodel Technologies (Yodel) seeks to escape liability by petitioning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an exemption for its “robot calls.” Using its “soundboard” technology to mimic a consumer’s interaction with [...]