Trump Administration Sued Over Rollback of Fair Lending Protections
Lawsuit challenges the administration’s efforts to undermine equal access to credit.
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Ted Mermin, Influential California Advocate, Receives Consumer Law’s Highest Honor
Four Attorneys Receive ‘Rising Star’ Recognition for Major Contributions to Consumer Law
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The New York Times: Americans Are Struggling to Pay Rising Medical Costs
Appearing in The New York Times on October 23, 2026, Ann Carrns talks to Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC, about how many Americans, whose budgets have already been stretched by rising prices of basics like groceries, gasoline and home heating, are having trouble keeping up with health care…
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Commonwealth Beacon: ‘It’s a stressful life’: How energy debt is straining 800K Massachusetts utility customers
Appearing in Commonwealth Beacon on October 23, 2026, Jordan Wolman talks to Jenifer Bosco, managing director of energy advocacy at NCLC about new gas and electric discount rates launching November 1 in Massachusetts that are among the most generous in the country, but also carry tradeoffs. Massachusetts isn’t alone in the rising share of households…
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Eight Powerful New Consumer Strategies Against Forced Arbitration
The latest article from NCLC's Digital Library sets out eight new ways to avoid arbitration.
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State Lawmakers Must Protect Tenants from Rent-Splitting Loans
“Rent Now, Pay Later” Loans Can Carry High Fees and Trap Renters in Cycles of Debt
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The New York Times: Pay Advance Apps May Be Costlier Than Workers Think
Appearing in The New York Times on October 6, 2026, Ann Carrns talks to NCLC Senior Attorney Lauren Saunders about a recent report from the Center for Responsible Lending finding that while payday loan apps advertise no-cost options, most users end up paying high fees. The report estimated that nationally, 96 percent of advances to…
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Medicaid Cuts Will Lead to More Medical Debt for Black Families
A new issue brief looks at how recent legislation will increase medical debt and deepen existing racial disparities.
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Digital Library: UDAP Challenges to Prison Financial Exploitation
A new NCLC Digital Library article describes how state unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) statutes offer a powerful tool to combat private companies’ financial exploitation of incarcerated people and their loved ones, such as price gouging, unfair contracts, and denial of free services to force paid services. The article explains how to use…
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Associated Press: Americans are using buy now, pay later more than ever. Here’s what to know if you’re one of them
Appearing in the Associated Press on October 1, 2026, Adriana Morga talks to NCLC Senior Attorney Carla Sanchez-Adams about how Americans spent more than $160 billion last year using buy now, pay later plans and experts are increasingly seeing people use the plans for everyday expenses like groceries, bills, transportation and, sometimes rent. As with…
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The New York Times: Mamdani Backs Bill to Let Consumers Sue Over Unfair Business Practices
Appearing in The New York Times on October 6, 2026, Dana Rubenstein talks to NCLC Deputy Director and Chief Advocacy Officer DianeThompson about proposed legislation that would grant the private right of action to nonprofits, which would enable tenant unions, whose growth the Mamdani administration has encouraged, to take action in court. That clause allowing…
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Stop Civil Rights Rollbacks at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal taxpayer dollars should benefit everyone, not favor some groups more than others. Each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out thousands of grants and subsidies totaling billions of dollars to state and local governments, nonprofits, and other organizations in your community. For decades, HUD’s disparate impact rules have prevented…
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