Garnishment and Attachment Archives

Advocates to Treasury Secretary Yellen: Protect CTC and EITC Payments in Tax Refunds

February 17, 2022

February 17, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, advocates at over 100 organizations, including the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Treasury Department to…

Advocates Applaud Maine Legislature’s Passage of Bill to Protect Basic Necessities from Garnishment by Debt Collectors

July 1, 2021

Consumer advocates applaud the passage of LD 737, An Act To Increase the Value of Property Exempt from Attachment and Execution. The bill expands minimum protections of basic needs from garnishment by debt collectors. In addition to expanding protections for family homes and vehicles, the bill provides protection for up to $3,000 in consumers’ bank…

19 Financial Services and Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Exempt Economic Impact Payments from Garnishment

March 10, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2021 Congress should protect the third-round of economic impact payments from garnishment so families that need the financial relief can access funds without delay Washington, D.C. – In a joint letter sent to Congress yesterday, 19 consumer and financial industry organizations urged lawmakers to protect the third round of economic…

Report: Which States Put Families at Risk of Poverty During the Covid Crisis?

October 29, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 29, 2020 Boston – As millions of families suffer job loss or struggle to pay bills during COVID-19, states have an important role in protecting them from seizure of essential wages and property to pay old debts. A new state survey from the National Consumer Law Center finds that not one jurisdiction’s laws…

Consumer, Banking Groups Applaud Bill to Exempt Economic Impact Payments from Garnishment

May 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer groups and banking industry organizations joined together today to support bipartisan legislation that would prevent Economic Impact Payments from being subject to garnishment. The following statement was issued today by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, The Clearing House, National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income…

National Consumer Law Center Advocates’ Statement Regarding U.S. House Passage of HEROES Act

May 15, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House passed a $3 trillion dollar package in response to the COVID-19 crisis. In the consumer area, the bill provides desperately needed help for families dealing with the economic crisis, beyond the modest start in the previous CARES Act. In particular, the HEROES Act, HR 6800: Provides immensely needed…

Consumer, Banking Groups to Congress: Exempt Economic Impact Payments From Garnishment

April 21, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. — In a letter to congressional leadership today, consumer and banking industry organizations joined together to urge lawmakers to clarify at the earliest possible opportunity that economic impact payments issued by the federal government in response to the coronavirus pandemic…

U.S. Treasury Must Protect Stimulus Payments From Garnishment by Debt Collectors

April 1, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 1, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Treasury must act immediately to ensure that the stimulus payments about to go out to millions of Americans are available for food and necessities and are not grabbed by debt collectors, according to…

Report: States Put Families at Risk to Feed an Insatiable Debt Collection Machine

November 12, 2019

National Consumer Law Center’s 50-State Review: ‘Horse and Buggy’ Laws Need Major Reform Boston – Millions of families have still not recovered from the Great Recession of 2008, and the astronomic growth of the debt buyer industry makes them increasingly vulnerable to seizure of essential wages and property to pay their oldest debts. A new…

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