Appearing in WBUR Boston on September 2, 2025, Shennan Kavanagh, director of litigation at the National Consumer Law Center, talks to Hanna Ali and Nik DeCosta-Klipa about how, starting today, businesses in Massachusetts must display the total price of certain goods and services before customers reach checkout, thanks to new state regulations against hidden costs known as…
Appearing in the Vox member-only magazine, The Highlight, Abdallah Fayyad talks to Ariel Nelson about application fees, move-in fees,convenience fees, administrative fees, key fees, broker fees, and more.And how if you add them all up, moving to a new place might not seem so appealing, or even possible. “It makes it really tricky for people…
Airing on KUER 90.1/ NPR Utah on August 28, 2024, Macy Lipkin interviews Ariel Nelson in coverage of rental housing junk fees and efforts to regulate them. The Federal Trade Commission is considering a rule that would prohibit hidden or misleading fees for any business. Ariel Nelson, a staff attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, has seen…
In a major victory for consumers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the CFPB's independent funding structure.
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Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced the Predatory Lending Elimination Act, which extends to veterans and all consumers the 36% annual percentage rate cap found in the Military Lending Act and prevents the use of junk fees to hide high-cost loans.
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File comments with the FTC on rental junk fees before Jan. 8, 2024
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A new report from the National Consumer Law Center explains that the screening process is riddled with errors and bias that disproportionately harms Black and Latino/Hispanic renters.
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Originally appearing in NPR on July 19, 2023, Jennifer Ludden covers the Biden administration’s blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and the response of three major rental platforms that will start showing extra monthly fees that can surprise tenants. Ludden cites NCLC’s Too Damn High: New Report Examines Role of Junk Fees in Skyrocketing…
Junk fees, “tips” obscure APRs over 300% on earned wage advances, nonbank banking apps, and other fintech payday loans WASHINGTON – The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has proposed new regulations governing disguised fintech credit and released new data showing high costs for consumers who use earned wage advances and other fintech…
A new report from the National Consumer Law Center looks at the dizzying array of junk fees renters can face when they try to find and keep rental housing, which can present barriers to affordability.
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