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Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Effort to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain

July 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2020 Fair housing advocates denounce Trump’s newest effort to eliminate a critical tool to desegregate communities and call on the president to instead concentrate on ensuring housing equity during a pandemic Washington, D.C.- Today, a coalition of civil rights, affordable housing and consumer advocacy organizations condemned the move by the…

How to Get Help with Your Mortgage During COVID-19

July 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2020 The following organizations have made this important information available in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Bangla, and English: AFR Language Access Task Force, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Action, Empire Justice Center, National CAPACD, National Consumer Law Center, National Fair Housing Alliance, and UnidosUS.…

Advocates: HUD Must Do Much More to Protect Older Reverse Mortgage Borrowers in the Coronavirus Epidemic

March 24, 2020

Washington, D.C. – The National Consumer Law Center, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, and 40 other groups sent a letter today to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seeking stronger protections for reverse mortgage borrowers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency has announced a 60-day halt on foreclosures of…

In the Wake of HUD Major Policy Change on Non-Borrowing Spouses, NCLC Attorney to Testify Before U.S. House on Risks to Elders from Reverse Mortgage Abuses

September 24, 2019

Washington, D.C.- National Consumer Law Center attorney Sarah Bolling Mancini will testify on Wednesday, September 25 at 2pm E.T. before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Housing, Community Development, and Insurance Subcommittee at a hearing entitled “Protecting Seniors: A Review of the FHA’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program.” The hearing follows a major policy…

Consumer Watchdog Files Suit against “Forensic Loan Auditing” Company for Foreclosure Rescue Scam

September 6, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Certified Forensic Loan Auditors. According to the CFPB’s complaint, Certified sold consumers worthless “audits” and other documents that the defendants claimed would help save consumers from mortgage foreclosure. “These so-called loan audits are a scam and a waste…

HUD’s Disaster Relief Changes Will Allow for Faster Relief, But More Flexibility is Still Needed

September 4, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Alys Cohen ([email protected]) or Jan Kruse ([email protected]); (617) 542-8010 Boston – As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S., advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) applaud U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for improving programs available to HUD-insured homeowners after…

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