A Call for Reform By: Andrea Bopp Stark, Alys Cohen, Steve Sharpe, Geoff Walsh Congress has charged the housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) with the goals of supporting and expanding homeownership. Yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Fannie and Freddie have undercut—and continue…
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This guide is a resource for anyone interested in safeguarding the rights of homeowners in manufactured home communities through state policy.
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Authors: Nancy Ryan, Partner, eMobility Advisors; Alissa Burger, Regional Policy Director, CALSTART; Jenifer Bosco & John Howat National Consumer Law Center; Miles Muller, Natural Resources Defense Council The report, Best Practices for Sustainable Commercial EV Rates and PURPA 111(d) Implementation, summarizes commercial EV rate design solutions put forth so far by utilities across the country and…
These bills protect workers from an unfair and harmful practice that threatens their ability to re-enter or remain in the workforce as they struggle back to normal in the wake of the COVID crisis–namely using credit reports to deny workers jobs or promotions, or even terminate them. The use of credit reports in employment decisions…
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Better Markets, California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Responsible Lending, Community Service Society of New York, Consumer Reports, Empire Justice Center, Main Street Alliance, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), New Economy Project, Public Citizen, Small Business Majority, U.S. PIRG,…
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This testimony was written and presented by Margot Freeman Saunders on behalf of NCLC’s low income clients and Consumer Federation of America Consumers Union U.S. Public Interest Research Group. *** On behalf of the millions of low and moderate income consumers that these groups collectively represent, we urge you to unequivocally reject H.R. 1588. The…
These comments are submitted by the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), Consumer Federation of America, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Action, Consumers Union, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumers League and U.S. PIRG. We urge the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to ban the use of remotely created checks…
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