October 13, 2022 — Issue Brief

To achieve economic justice for low-income and other disadvantaged people and to address the racial and economic inequality that the COVID-19 crisis has made so starkly apparent, we need major changes in federal consumer protections. The steps listed are common-sense reforms rooted in basic fairness that will fight fraud and help keep consumers in their homes, cars, and jobs so they can invest their wages in their local businesses and communities.