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Alys Cohen

Senior Attorney

Alys Cohen is a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center’s Washington office, where she leads NCLC’s federal housing advocacy before Congress and the regulatory agencies. She also coordinates NCLC’s work on energy efficiency housing finance and disaster response. Prior to joining the NCLC staff, Alys served as an attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Financial Practices, where she focused on predatory mortgage lending and discrimination matters. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Alys is co-author of NCLC’s Truth in Lending, Consumer Credit Regulation, Credit Discrimination, and Mortgage Lending.

Featured Work

CFPB Revamp of Mortgage Rules Will Protect Lenders from Legal Liability for Peddling Unaffordable Loans, Increase Foreclosures, and Create Instability in the Mortgage Market

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2020 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released two final rules revising the standards for determining a borrower’s ability to repay a mortgage and further limiting lender liability despite the lessons of the previous financial crisis, which led to millions of unnecessary foreclosures. By…
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