Consumer Impact, Fall 2020
Consumer Impact is a biannual publication of the National Consumer Law Center to inform our supporters about NCLC’s advocacy.
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CFPB Debt Collection Rule a Mixed Bag for Consumers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2020 One-Third of U.S. Adults with a Credit Report Have Debt in Collection Washington, D.C. – The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low income clients, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates, expressed…
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Report: Which States Put Families at Risk of Poverty During the Covid Crisis?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 29, 2020 Boston – As millions of families suffer job loss or struggle to pay bills during COVID-19, states have an important role in protecting them from seizure of essential wages and property to pay old debts. A new state survey from the National Consumer Law Center finds that not one jurisdiction’s laws…
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New OCC Rule Protecting Predatory Lenders Could Face Legal Challenge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2020 Rule that evades state interest rate laws will severely impact low-income and communities of color WASHINGTON, D.C. – The regulator of the nation’s largest banks has finalized a rule that allows predatory lenders to do an end-run around state interest rate caps, exposing people to loans in excess of…
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Consumer Groups Take on Facebook at the U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Deluge of Robocalls
National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports submit amicus in Duguid v. Facebook WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unwanted robocalls invade the privacy of Americans, diminish the usefulness of cell phones, and can threaten public safety. Yet Facebook wants the U.S. Supreme Court to so narrowly define prohibitions on calls made to cell…
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Consumer Advocates Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2020 Washington, D.C. – Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of passage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The following is the statement of National Consumer Law Center attorneys Chi Chi Wu, Ariel Nelson and Sarah Bolling Mancini. “The FCRA was a landmark law for its time and the first…
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New Report: Using Bankruptcy to Discharge Criminal Justice Debt
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2020 Boston – A major barrier that keeps people in the United States from successfully reentering society long after an encounter with the criminal justice system is the burden of paying fines and fees. To help knock down this barrier, a new primer from the National Consumer Law Center guides…
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LDF, ACLU of Michigan, National Consumer Law Center, and Michigan Poverty Law Program File Class Action Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Vision Property Management for Targeting Black Homebuyers in Home Purchase Scheme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2020 Detroit – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the Michigan Poverty Law Program filed a federal class action lawsuit against Vision Property Management (Vision). The lawsuit was filed on behalf…
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Consumer and Faith Groups to CFPB Director: Stop Letting Industry Violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act
For Immediate Release: September 24, 2020 550% increase in credit reporting complaints to CFPB in the past six months Washington, D.C. – A coalition of 21 consumer, faith, and advocacy groups sent a letter today to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger urging her to revoke the permission that the Bureau granted the credit…
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NCLC Advocates Applaud Schumer/Warren Senate Resolution Calling for $50,000 in Debt Cancellation for 43 Million Student Loan Borrowers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2020 Boston – Today, Senators Schumer and Warren announced they are introducing a Resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for 43 million Americans. The following is a statement by Persis Yu, National…
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HUD Guts Civil Rights Rule Used to Address Systemic Discrimination in the Housing Market on the Dawn of an Eviction and Foreclosure Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 8, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) or Odette Williamson ([email protected]) National Consumer Law Center Advocates Urge HUD to Reverse Course and Restore Key Civil Rights Protections Washington, D.C. – In a continuing campaign to weaken civil rights protections, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)…
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“True Lender” Rule Would Help Fraudulent, Predatory Lenders Evade State Interest Rate Laws that Protect Families
The timing of the OCC’s embrace of predatory lenders could not be worse We are in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis and a severe economic crisis, with both crises impacting communities of color more heavily than white communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – A proposal by the regulator of the nation’s largest banks would…
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