Financial Institutions Must Remove Barriers for People with Limited English Proficiency
New NCLC report outlines recommends policy reforms to improve language access for consumers in the financial system
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Grist: This tweak to mortgage rules could save homeowners thousands in energy bills
Appearing in Grist on September 23, 2024, Tik Root interviewed NCLC senior attorney Alys Cohen for coverage of how lawmakers recently demanded action from the Federal Housing Finance Agency after months of debating adopting a minimum energy efficiency standard for new homes. “Energy poverty is a real problem. It doesn’t make sense to keep building…
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MassLive: Time for Mass. to gear up for ‘summer preparedness’ (Viewpoint)
Winter preparedness is embedded in the Massachusetts way of life, but over the past few years it has become clear that policymakers and residents aren’t prepared for the new reality of summer in the Bay State.
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NBC News: 'Making peoples' lives hell': When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued
Airing on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt on September 14, 2024, and running in NBC News and its syndicates, Berneta Haynes interviews with Gretchen Morgenson for coverage of the medical debt crisis and Atrium Health’s aggressive pursuit to collect debts. Medical debt is a “problem that is uniquely American,” said Berneta Haynes, senior attorney at…
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3.5 Million Older Americans Have Over $125 Billion in Student Loans
NCLC and New America Foundation Identify Policy Solutions to Reduce the Impact of Student Debt on Older Adults
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Digital Library: 12 Ways to Recover Even When Lemon Used Cars Are Sold "As Is"
This NCLC Digital Library article lists 12 ways to recover for used car defects despite the dealer selling the car “as is.”
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After Disney Wields its Terms of Use to Dismiss Customer’s Lawsuit, Groups Call on Congress to Pass FAIR Act
The FAIR Act would ensure that consumers, workers, and small businesses have access to the court system when they are harmed.
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NBC News: As summer ends, concern about utility aid remains red-hot
Appearing in NBC News on September 13, 2024, J.J. McCorvey talks to Karen Lusson about increasingly extreme and volatile weather that has turned air conditioning into a more crucial utility for more consumers in different regions of the U.S. Policymakers and utility regulators should look to other contingencies such as implementing seasonal shut-offs protections and…
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ProPublica: What No One Tells You About Car Loan Deferments
Appearing in ProPublica on September 12, 2024, Byard Duncan, Ryan Gabrielson, and Lucas Waldron interviewed John Van Alst for a story about how if you defer a car payment, you’ll likely end up owing more at the end of your loan. ProPublica also provides a free auto loan calculator tool built to help borrowers figure…
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WGBH Boston: The Debt Mills: How state courts grind through consumer debt cases
Airing on WGBH on September 3, 2024, Jenifer B. McKim interviews April Kuehnhoff to discuss how debt buyers and other companies filed more than 92,000 cases in state courts last year to collect debts from consumers, according to a new report released by the Massachusetts Trial Court. April Kuehnhoff, a senior attorney with the Boston-based National…
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Forbes: Courts Could End Student Loan Forgiveness For Millions In IDR Plans: 4 Key Takeaways
Appearing in Forbes on September 3, 2024, Adam S. Minsky quotes NCLC’s brief. “Since the Secretary promulgated regulations clearly interpreting the HEA to provide for cancellation of any remaining balance upon completion of the ICR repayment period more than 30 years ago, Congress has never repudiated that interpretation,” notes NCLC in its brief. “To the…
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NCLC Applauds End of 650% MetaBank Prepaid Card Payday Loan
Other Regulators Should Follow OTS Action Against Similar Bank Payday Loans WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — MetaBank will no longer be offering its 650% payday loans on prepaid cards as a result of action by the bank’s regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision. MetaBank disclosed in a filing October 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission that OTS “has…
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