In an op-ed originally appearing in Colorado Politics on March 14, 2023, Carolyn Carter and David Seligman discuss Colorado’s consumer protection laws that, for too long, have lagged behind other states.
A significant number of homeowners do not have a deed in their name, which puts them at risk of losing their home to a variety of threats. Tangled title situations can occur when homes are passed on from generation to generation without a will or without the filing of a probate petition. Sometimes, even when…
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Originally airing on July 29, 2020 on the American Banker podcast, Brendan Pedersen interviews Lauren Saunders on the problems with small dollar lending and how lenders can profit while offering fair loans to consumers.
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Originally airing on December 1, 2021 on the American Banker podcast, Polo Rocha discusses with Margot Saunders changes that consumer advocates worry could make remittances less transparent–leaving customers shortchanged.
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Originally appearing in the Associated Press on April 8, 2023, Claire Rush quotes Carolyn Carter in a story about mobile home park residents worried their largely Latino community would be bulldozed that decided to form a cooperative and buy their park. The country’s roughly 43,000 mobile home communities are home to 22 million people, according…
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Originally appearing in The Hill on April 11, 2023, Lexi Lonas quotes Abby Shafroth in attempting to answer whether President Biden will let the ticking timer on the resumption of student loan payments by the end of the summer go off. “There’s nothing in the HEROES Act that limits the relief that the secretary can…
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Originally appearing in NBC News on April 8, 2023, Shannon Pettypiece looks at the growing cascade of financial pressures around owning a car that are squeezing already strained consumers and quotes John Van Alst. “Because of the current labor market, a lot of people are able to get a job, but the number one thing…
Originally airing on CBS News Los Angeles, Carla Sanchez-Adams discusses how you’re not as protected by your bank as you may think if you become a victim of check fraud.
Originally appearing in ABC News, Eliza Haverstock of NerdWallet quotes Alpha Taylor in coverage of the impact of the Department of Education’s repayment plan overhaul on the 3.7 million parents who owe parent PLUS loans. “These are intergenerational debts. The parents have their own student loans, so they have their own debt that they’re carrying.…
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Housing Law Experts to Probe “Zombie” Second Mortgages and Foreclosures on April 26 WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) upcoming field hearing will feature remarks from CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and leading national and local housing law advocates, including Andrea Bopp Stark, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, on “zombie” second…
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) proposed rule to codify several existing measures to ensure a fair and accessible housing finance system will require housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to collect and report information about mortgage applicants’ language preference, according to Americans for Financial Reform Language Access Task Force…
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