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Group Letter to the U.S. Senate HELP Committee Opposing Proposals to Immunize Colleges from Legal Liability If They Engage in Careless Actions That Make Their Students or Workers Sick from COVID-19

June 3, 2020

The undersigned organizations representing students, consumers, and workers strongly oppose proposals to remove accountability for those that engage in careless actions that make their students or workers sick. If students or workers contract COVID-19 due to bad practices by a college or university, those harmed deserve the right to seek justice.

Group Letter to the U.S. Energy & Commerce Committee Urging COVID-19 Emergency Action

April 7, 2020

Group letter to the U.S. Energy & Commerce committee urging COVID-19 emergency action to ensure affordable and accessible broadband internet for underserved Americans

Group Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Unclear Future Facing Students in the Wake of the Sudden Closures of Both Education Corporation of America (ECA) and Vatterott Education Holdings,

January 8, 2019

35 organizations advocating for students, families, taxpayers, veterans, and service members write to express concern about the unclear future facing students in the wake of the sudden closures of both Education Corporation of America (ECA) and Vatterott Education Holdings, companies that announced the closures of virtually all of their schools on December 5th and December 17th, 2018, respectively.

Group Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Gainful Employment Rule

September 13, 2018

As 68 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, service members, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access, we emphatically support a strong gainful employment rule. A strong rule is needed to protect students and taxpayers from career education programs that consistently leave students with large debts they cannot afford to…

Group Letter to the OCC Regarding the Partnership Between Blue Ridge Bank and Mentorworks

April 20, 2021

The undersigned organizations write to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to raise serious concerns regarding a federally chartered national bank under your supervisory jurisdiction: Blue Ridge Bank

Group Letter to the House Committee on Financial Services Supporting the Real Estate Valuation Fairness and Improvement Act of 2021

March 17, 2021

Advocates urge the House Committee on Financial Services to support the Real Estate Valuation Fairness and Improvement Act of 2021.

Group Letter to the Department of Education Opposing a Return to the Default and Involuntary Collection of Student Loans

November 1, 2021

The 25 undersigned legal aid organizations write to express our deep concern about the futures of our clients with defaulted federal student loans once repayment restarts in just a few short months.

Group Letter to the Colorado Motor Vehicle Dealer Board

January 23, 2019

With this letter, we hope to draw the Board’s attention to a discrete way in which the Board’s actions may be encouraging a particularly abusive tactic by automotive dealers, harming Colorado consumers. The basic issue has to do with DR 2434, the state-mandated form that dealers must use for every sale.

Group Letter to the CFPB Regarding Language Access Roundtable Discussion

August 24, 2020

A letter to follow up on some of the most important points made in the roundtable discussion regarding how the Bureau can best promote these goals and support stable homeownership for LEP borrowers.

Group Letter to President-Elect Biden Asking for Expansion of Homeowner Relief in Covid Stimlus Package

January 16, 2021

We appreciate your leadership on COVID relief and Thursday’s announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide an emergency legislative package. The proposal includes many crucial priorities to heal our nation from the COVID-19 pandemic, both medical and economic, including additional rental assistance. We write, however, to ask you to expand the proposal’s relief for homeowners as we face a coming potential foreclosure crisis in the coming year.

Group Letter to NC-SARA Regarding Call for Policy Proposals, July 26, 2021

July 26, 2021

As organizations with a shared goal of ensuring that higher education students have access to high quality education that does not leave them with worthless degrees and unaffordable debt, whether they enroll in brick-and-mortar programs or in online education programs, we appreciate the call for proposals to modify NC-SARA policy. NC-SARA’s position affords it important opportunities to ensure policies exist to protect students from being harmed.

Group Letter to MA Senate Regarding S. 2858/H. 4749: the Debt Collection Fairness Act

June 30, 2022

The 50 groups below respectfully urge you to swiftly and favorably report out An Act Relative to Fairness in Debt Collection, or the “Debt Collection Fairness Act (DCFA)” (S2858/H4749) filed by Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representatives Tram Nguyen and Christine Barber.

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