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Axios: Trump considers citizenship checks for bank accounts

February 24, 2026

Appearing in Axios on Februrary 24, 2026, Jason Lalljee talks to Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC about how the Trump administration is considering requiring banks to collect proof of citizenship from customers via an executive order. Trump likely couldn’t unilaterally implement these requirements via an executive order, Wu told Axios.…

KFF Health News: State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt

February 20, 2026

Originally appearing in KFF Health News on February 20, 2026, Rae Ellen Bichell talks to Carolyn Carter, senior attorney at NCLC about how lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills. Carter said broad laws that don’t require patients to jump through hoops to…

CNBC: What student loan borrowers need to know about judge’s ruling on SAVE plan

March 2, 2026

Appearing in CNBC on March 2, 2026, Kamaron McNair and Annie Nova talk to Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center, about how a federal judge declined the Trump administration’s request to end the SAVE student loan repayment plan. Shafroth called on the Education Department to restore access to SAVE’s…

Legal Aid Groups Urge the Department of Education to Protect Struggling Borrowers as “Big Bill” Brings Sweeping Changes

March 3, 2026

With new rules for student loans scheduled to go into effect this summer that could radically increase borrowers’ monthly payments, the Department of Education must take steps to protect borrowers from devastating consequences.

NCLC Launches Initiative to Support California Economic Justice Efforts

March 2, 2026

Leigh Ferrin Will Head the New Project, Aimed at Increasing the Capacity of Legal Services Programs to Address Consumer Law Issues

SAVE Survives Another Day: Court Refuses to Vacate Most Affordable Student Loan Repayment Plan

February 27, 2026

Court Rejects Department of Education’s Request to Approve Proposed Settlement That Would End SAVE Plan and Dismisses Case

More Perfect Union: We Uncovered the Secret Scheme Trapping Americans in Car Loans

February 26, 2026

A recent investigation into auto lenders found companies making billions even as they set customers up to fail.

California Consumer Law Support Project

February 27, 2026

The National Consumer Law Center’s California Consumer Law Support Project strengthens the capacity of legal services organizations to provide essential consumer law services to low-income Californians. The project will support California Legal Services organizations through four areas of work: Policy Advocacy In California, NCLC retains Kaiser Advocacy to support legislative and regulatory reforms that benefit…

New Predatory 100% APR Bank Seeks Trump Administration’s Approval

February 23, 2026

OCC Should Not Allow CashNetUSA and NetCredit to Ignore State Interest Rate Limits

White House Launches New Attack on CFPB and Nation’s Consumers

February 17, 2026

In affordability crisis, more people than ever turn to the CFPB for help WASHINGTON – In its latest attack on the wildly popular Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Trump Administration is claiming that consumer protections cost people too much money. Only last week, a report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,…

PBS News Hour: How 'zombie mortgages' are coming back to haunt homeowners years later

February 5, 2026

NCLC Senior Attorney Andrea Bopp Stark contributed to a segment originally appearing on PBS News Hour on February 5, 2026 from Paul Solman and Diane Lincoln Estes on “zombie mortgages” — debts that homeowners thought were forgiven long ago, only to learn that they still exist and could cost them their homes.

Digital Library: An Introduction to Ratio Utility Billing Systems for Tenant Advocates

February 15, 2026

This article discusses what RUBS billing is, what makes RUBS billing different, and how it may be worse for tenants than other types of utility billing.

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