The groups strongly support HUD’s plan to issue guidance on ROVs, but the proposed Mortgagee Letter needs substantial improvement. It should be revised to provide clear, strong standards for mortgagees and a uniform ROV disclosure for borrowers. Comments submitted by: Consumer Action, Long Island Housing Services, Inc., Mountain State Justice, Inc., NAACP Legal Defense and…
Comments of the National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of our low income clients, on the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act). We join with the many other commenters who explain how the Credit CARD Act has been an enormous benefit to consumers and to responsible credit card issuers. We…
BY: SARAH BOLLING MANCINI WITH: COLIN WEIDIG, CAMILLE DESIERTO, MARYANN FLANAGAN, RACHEL SCOTT There are roughly 480,000 reverse mortgages currently outstanding in the United States. This number is expected to grow as baby boomers age. The program was designed to allow older homeowners to borrow against their home equity without the risk of displacement, but…
NCLC, along with the Center for Economic Integrity (CEI), the William E. Morris Institute for Justice, and Wildfire, sent a letter to the new Arizona Attorney General urging her to rescind Opinion Letter 122-005 (R22-011) regarding Earned Wage Access Products, which was adopted on December 18, 2022. The letter explains that the opinion is not…
Margot Saunders testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for consumers.
Margot Saunders testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for consumers.
Most credit card consumers experience problems with credit card bills at some point in their lives. A merchant might bill them twice for the same item or bill them for more than the agreed-to amount. Mail-order merchandise might never arrive, but a charge will appear on the consumer’s credit card bill. Thieves might use the…
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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