Resources Archive

Group Comments on United States Department of Agriculture - Rural Housing Service Notice of Proposed Amendments

January 24, 2020

Joint Comments to support two of RHS's Proposed chanfed to the direct loan program rules.

Comments to the VA Regarding Revisions to VA-Guaranteed or Insured Cash-Out Home Refinance Loans

February 15, 2019

Comments of the National Consumer Law Center on behalf of its low income clients and National Fair Housing Alliance regarding Revisions to VA-Guaranteed or Insured Cash-Out Home Refinance Loans.

Comments to the US Department of Education Seeking Automatic Disability Discharges for Deserving Student Loan Borrowers

January 27, 2020

Comments regarding the Department of Education’s interim final regulations for the automatic discharge of federal student loans for disabled veterans.

Comments to the FTC Regarding Improvements to the Telemarketing Sales Rule in Response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

August 2, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to update the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).1 We applaud the Commission for its continued diligence in ensuring that its rules reflect the operational realities faced by consumers and other market actors.

Consumer Groups to FTC: Improve the Telemarketing Sales Rule

August 3, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).1 We applaud the Commission for proposing changes to its rules that will strengthen enforcement and better protect consumers from misconduct.

Comments to FHFA Regarding Appraisal-Related Policies, Practices, and Processes

February 26, 2021

Housing advocates describe concerns, provide recommendations for AVMs, explain why appraisals are particularly important to consumers, and respond to questions from the RFI that are most relevant to consumers.

Comments to the FDIC Regarding Small Dollar Lending

January 22, 2019

Comments of the Center for Responsible Lending and National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), joined by Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and NAACP in response to the FDIC’s request for information (RFI) on small-dollar lending

Comments to the FDIC on Standard Setting and Voluntary Certification for Models and Third-Party Providers of Technology and Other Services

September 22, 2020

Comments in response to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) request for information on Standard Setting and Voluntary Certification for Models and Third-Party Providers of Technology and Other Services

Comments to the FCC Regarding Implementation of TRACED Act Section 6

October 14, 2021

Comments applauding the FCC’s initiation of a regulatory process to consider the best ways to increase accountability for VoIP providers by limiting their direct access to numbers pursuant to Section 6 of the TRACED Act.

Group Comments to the CFPB Regarding Delay of Payday Loan Rule Compliance Date

March 18, 2019

Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposed Rule on Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans; Delay of Compliance Date

Comments to the CFPB on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B

December 1, 2020

Coalition comments in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Request for Information (RFI) under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA).

Comments to the CFPB Opposing Changes to the Payday Lending Rule

May 15, 2019

Consumer and civil rights groups named above, write to strongly oppose the proposed rescission (“Proposal”)3 of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to establish ability-to-repay requirements for payday and vehicle title loans.

All Resources