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FHA to Require Mortgage Originators to Ask Borrowers about Language Preference

June 27, 2023

NCLC Advocates Praise New Requirement for Use of Supplemental Consumer Information Form WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that it will require lenders making FHA-insured mortgage loans to use the Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac Supplementary Consumer Information Form (SCIF) to collect a mortgage applicant’s language…

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Digital Library: Protecting Federal Claims by Using State Courts

June 26, 2023

This article describes advantages and tactics in initiating federal claims in state court and then details a key resource when federal claims are litigated in state court—a just-updated, state-by-state analysis of state court standing rules with a focus on consumer claims. A make-or-break question in much consumer litigation today is: if a case is likely…

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New Resources for Student Loan Borrowers

June 22, 2023

Revised StudentLoanBorrowerAssistance.org Provides Resources for Consumers, Reporters BOSTON – In anticipation of an announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the fate of President Biden’s student debt cancellation plan, the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance project has launched a newly updated, consumer-facing website with resources and advice for borrowers and for media…

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Consumer Advocates Applaud Members of Congress for Supporting FTC Auto Dealer Rule

June 22, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal led 17 members of Congress in a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan asking for commonsense rules against abuses in the sale and financing of motor vehicles. A large majority of American consumers rely on their car to get to…

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How Important Calls Regarding Medicaid Renewals Can be Made Legally

June 3, 2022

FCC must protect consumers from scam health insurance calls while facilitating HHS calls to remind Medicaid recipients to reenroll.

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American Banker: Colorado's new law on high-cost lending may be a model for other states

June 7, 2023

Originally appearing in American Banker on June 7, 2023, Polo Rocha discusses a legal debate that brewing over whether the Colorado law leaves potential wiggle room for high-cost lenders with NCLC’s Lauren Saunders. Lauren Saunders, associate director at the National Consumer Law Center, described such debates as lawyers trying to “gin up uncertainty” even though…

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FHA to Require Mortgage Originators to Ask Borrowers about Language Preference

Digital Library: Protecting Federal Claims by Using State Courts

New Resources for Student Loan Borrowers

Consumer Advocates Applaud Members of Congress for Supporting FTC Auto Dealer Rule

How Important Calls Regarding Medicaid Renewals Can be Made Legally

American Banker: Colorado's new law on high-cost lending may be a model for other states

Support NCLC