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Report Examines Severe Consequences of Property Tax Liens and Foreclosures for Owners of Inherited Homes
States Can Take Steps to Prevent Property Tax Foreclosures and Preserve Homeownership and Transfer of Intergenerational Wealth BOSTON – A new report from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) looks at the unique issues heirs face when inheriting a home with an overdue property tax bill and the disproportionate impact on Black and Latino wealth…
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Heirs Should Not Be Subject to Florida's Homestead Tax Exemption Penalty
Homeowners who fall behind on their property taxes risk the swift loss of their homes through tax foreclosures if they cannot pay off the back taxes owed, plus any interest, fees, costs and penalties thathave accrued. The accumulated amounts needed to resolve the tax debt can be overwhelming and resultultimately in the loss of their…
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Policy Change to Prevent Property Tax Foreclosures: Reducing Tax Burdens, Promoting Racial Equity, and Protecting Older Adults
Many states will be re-writing their property tax foreclosure laws in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County. This opens up a window of opportunity to broadly improve property tax systems. One of the most important ways to prevent tax foreclosure is to ensure that low-income and older homeowners have access…
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New Resources for Frontline Groups Engaged in State Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Plans
The National Consumer Law Center and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit that contains resources to help frontline groups that are working to provide broadband and communication assistance to incarcerated people, people with disabilities, low-income households, veterans, aging and rural populations, people facing language barriers,…
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State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit
The National Consumer Law Center and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit that contains resources to help frontline groups that are working to provide broadband and communication assistance to incarcerated people, people with disabilities, low-income households, veterans, aging and rural populations, people facing language barriers,…
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Testimony on the 2023 Fair Chance in Employment Act
The Fair Chance in Employment Act will limit the use of credit reports in hiring decisions. The use of credit reports in employment decisions is harmful and unfair to workers for a number of reasons. First is the absurdity of the practice. Considering credit histories in hiring creates a vicious Catch-22 for job applicants. A…
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Property Tax Foreclosures on Heirs Property: The Devastating Consequences and Recommendations for Prevention
While millions of homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments and were at risk of losing their homes to mortgage foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic, many others were facing another foreclosure crisis- the loss of their homes due to property tax lien foreclosures. This strict and often rapid tax lien foreclosure process has created a lesser…
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Gov. Healey Issues Amendment to Provision that Would Make Communications from Prisons and Jails Free; Now the Legislature Must Act
Massachusetts is poised to become the third state this year and fifth state overall to make prison calls free.
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Fair Chance in Employment Act Receives Public Hearing; Advocates, Lawmakers to Assert Credit Reports Don’t Predict Job Performance
The hearing will begin at 10:30 AM at the State House, Room A-1 and will be available virtually at malegislature.gov BOSTON – Today, the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a hearing that includes analysis of the Fair Chance in Employment Act (FCEA): S.1144 and H.1434. Together, the bills, filed by Sen.…
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Bill Barring Employment Discrimination Based on Credit Reports to have Public Hearing TUESDAY, July 18 at 10:30am
These bills would ensure that employers in Massachusetts cannot consider an employee’s or job applicant’s credit report in making hiring or employment decisions.
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199% Auto Repair, Pet Loans Face Crackdown by DC, States
DC joins two states in stopping rent-a-bank loans by EasyPay Finance and TAB Bank that evade state interest rate laws WASHINGTON – Advocates applauded today’s announcement by the Office of the Attorney General (AG) of the District of Columbia that DC has forced EasyPay Finance to stop making loans up to 198.98% despite DC’s 24%…
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