Letter Archives

Letter in Support of the Stop Corporate Capture Act

July 22, 2024

NCLC joins with others in support of the Stop Corporate Capture Act (H.R. 1507). This bill is critically important legislation that offers the necessary comprehensive blueprint for modernizing, improving, and strengthening the regulatory system to protect the public more effectively. Importantly, this bill also codifies Chevron deference to agency rulemaking, which was recently eliminated by…

Letter from 31 Public Interest Organizations to the FCC in Support of Opening a Rulemaking on Bulk Billing of Internet Service

July 31, 2024

The FCC has not yet voted on opening a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding bulk billing of internet service in multi-tenant environments. There was a press release that the FCC was going to issue an NRPM that proposed providing tenants with the ability to opt-out of a bulk billing arrangement. Without this ability, tenants…

Letter Urging OCC to Rescind Preemption Regulations

July 19, 2024

NCLC, joined by several consumer organizations, sent a letter urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to immediately rescind the OCC’s rules, interpretations, bulletins and opinions preempting state consumer financial laws, as they are not in compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or the Supreme…

Coalition Letter to FHFA on Federal Home Loan Bank Reform

July 15, 2024

The Coalition for Federal Home Loan Bank Reform (CFR) and allies applaud FHFA’s efforts to update the mission of the Federal Home Loan Banks to ensure that FHL Banks are more involved in meeting today’s housing crisis and unmet community development needs.

Coalition Letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency on Title Insurance Waiver Pilots

July 12, 2024

The letter expresses support for the GSE pilots on alternatives to title insurance for mortgage refinancings, while also expressing concerns about the risks to consumers of broadening such pilots and the need for data collection and monitoring. The letter also focuses on reverse competition in the title insurance market and the need to have lenders…

Sign-on Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee re the American Privacy Rights Act (ARPA)

June 25, 2024

Civil rights groups signed on to this letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to postpone the mark up on the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) until the civil rights protections and algorithmic auditing provisions are added back in.

Letter Raising Concerns Regarding the American Privacy Rights Act

May 8, 2024

This letter raises three concerns with the bill titled the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). APRA includes some good protections to protect consumer privacy, such as a requirement that covered entities provide access to the data they have on consumers, correct errors, minimize the data they collect, and allow consumers to delete their data. However,…

Coalition Letter to Protect and Strengthen Diversity Within Federal Government and Private Employers

June 18, 2024

The National Consumer Law Center signed on to a Coalition Letter to protect and strengthen diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for government entities and private employers.

Civil Rights Letter to the FCC in Support of Lower Prison Communication Rates

June 17, 2024

A coalition of civil rights organizations urges the Federal Communications Commission to follow Congress’ mandate in the Martha Wright Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act to provide capped, lower communications rates. The civil rights organizations further urge the Commission to adopt meaningful consumer protection and billing transparency policies and finish the reforms needed to fully…

Letter to CFPB Urging Final PACE Rule

May 30, 2024

The letter urges the CFPB to issue a final rule on PACE. More than a year has passed since the CFPB issued a strong proposed rule that would ensure PACE borrowers receive important consumer protections under Regulation Z.

Coalition Letter to FHFA in Support of Updated Energy Efficiency Building Codes

May 29, 2024

125 affordable housing, consumer, health, energy efficiency, environmental, business, and other organizations at the national, state and local levels sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) urging adoption of energy efficiency standards for new homes backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Coalition Letter to National Association of Insurance Commissioners on Improving Data Collection Regarding Property Insurance

May 7, 2024

The letter urges the NAIC should be more transparent about the scope of the data call. The letter poses a series of questions, including which states are participating in it, from which insurance companies they will collect data, and what data will be collected. The letter urges that the complete data set collected must be…

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