During this unprecedented crisis, the organizations below write on behalf of our country’s most vulnerable people in terms of health and economic stability: incarcerated people and their families and loved ones. During the COVID-19 pandemic incarcerated and detained individuals are being deprived of family visits across the country in conditions that make them uniquely at…
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Letter from the Ohio Poverty Law Center in appreciation of the leadership of Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Advocates' letter to California governor urging a halt to bank account garnishments and/or debt collection.
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Letter to MA Dept. of Public Utilities re: Department’s Request for Comments Regarding Best Practices During the Resumption of Shutoff Activities
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Powerpoint for testimony of Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center in support of HB 1224 -- Electricity and Gas - Energy Supplier – Assisted Customers before the House Economic Matters Committee
Written testimony regarding §§ 1, 2 and 3 of H.B. 5427, an Act Concerning Issues Relating to Debt Collection
his report surveys the battleground as of 2020. It reports on the annual percentage rates (APRs) that the 50 states and the District of Columbia allow nonbank lenders to charge for a sample $500 six-month loan and a sample $2,000 two-year loan.
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Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Today we are facing the biggest threat in decades to states‘ historic power to prevent predatory lending: ―Rent-a-bank lending, where state-regulated lenders launder their loans up to 160% annual percentage rate (APR) through banks in order to evade state interest rate caps. These schemes are spreading around the country and are starting to explode. Payday…
