Consumer Protection Regulation

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to ensure strong consumer protections, but the agency has been under attack since its inception.

Consumer Bureau Announces Groundbreaking Plan to Protect Americans from the Devastating Effects of Medical Debt

September 21, 2023

Consumer advocates cheer announcement that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a prohibition on the reporting of all medical debts on credit reports.  

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The Threat to the CFPB – and How You Can Help

We urge consumers and advocates to submit letters to the editor and write to their representatives in Congress in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Featured

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Consumer Bureau Announces Groundbreaking Plan to Protect Americans from the Devastating Effects of Medical Debt

September 21, 2023

Urge the CFPB to Stop Forced Arbitration Fine Print Traps Now

September 20, 2023

The Threat to the CFPB – and How You Can Help

September 14, 2023

NCLC Petition for Reg X Rulemaking on HELOCs, Reverse Mortgages, Language Access, and Manufactured Housing

August 29, 2023

Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

August 15, 2023

Comments to the CFPB on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing Proposed Rule

July 26, 2023

Americans for Financial Reform Coalition Comment to CFPB on PACE Rulemaking

July 26, 2023

How to File a Complaint With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) About Credit Repair

July 14, 2023

Letter in Opposition to Anti-Consumer Appropriations Riders

July 11, 2023

Comments & Letters

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NCLC Petition for Reg X Rulemaking on HELOCs, Reverse Mortgages, Language Access, and Manufactured Housing

August 29, 2023

Comments to the CFPB on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing Proposed Rule

July 26, 2023

Americans for Financial Reform Coalition Comment to CFPB on PACE Rulemaking

July 26, 2023

Letter in Opposition to Anti-Consumer Appropriations Riders

July 11, 2023

Abusive Acts and Practices: Comments to CFPB

July 3, 2023

Joint Comments to CFPB re: Abusive Conduct, Including Affecting Justice-Involved Consumers

July 3, 2023

Letter to Congress Supporting CFPB

June 12, 2023

Comments on Tenant Screening Request for Information by FTC and CFPB

May 30, 2023

Comments to the FTC-CFPB Tenant Screening Request for Information Submitted with the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

May 30, 2023

Reports

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Unfair Debts With No Way Out: Consumers Share Their Experiences With Rental Debt Collectors

October 7, 2022

White Paper on Immediate Actions the CFPB Can Take to Address the COVID-19 Crisis

April 6, 2020

Why the CFPB Should Ban Zombie Debt

January 20, 2015

Strong Medicine Needed: What the CFPB Should Do to Protect Consumers from Unfair Collection and Reporting of Medical Debt

September 20, 2014

Issue Briefs

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2023 Consumer Reform Priorities to Protect Tenants

January 23, 2023

2023 Credit & Consumer Reporting Priorities to Promote Economic Stability

January 18, 2023

2023 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities

January 13, 2023

Issue Brief: CFPB Changes Needed to Prevent New Debt Collection Rules from Hurting Consumers

January 1, 2021

The CFPB Must Issue Emergency Guidance on Debt Collection During the Pandemic

December 1, 2020

How Congress and the CFPB Can Protect Americans from Abusive Debt Collection

November 3, 2020

Time-Barred Debt Disclosures in CFPB’s Supplemental Rulemaking Fall Short

May 12, 2020

CFPB Debt Collection Rule Must Protect Consumers, Not Abusive Collectors

May 1, 2019

Servicemembers, Veterans, & Forced Arbitration: How the New CFPB Rule Enhances the Military Lending Act

September 1, 2017

Press Releases & News

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Consumer Bureau Announces Groundbreaking Plan to Protect Americans from the Devastating Effects of Medical Debt

September 21, 2023

Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

August 15, 2023

Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

May 16, 2023

Consumer Bureau Proposes $8 ‘Safe Harbor’ on Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

Bloomberg Law: “CFPB Warns Debt Collectors on Time-Barred ‘Zombie’ Mortgages

April 26, 2023

CFPB to Host Field Hearing on “Zombie Second Mortgage Debt” in Brooklyn

April 20, 2023

CFPB Proposed Rule Would Require Transparency for Financial Corporations

April 3, 2023

Digital Library: The Latest Developments on Constitutionality of CFPB Regulations

March 30, 2023

CNN: “CFPB: What it does and why its future is in question”

March 3, 2023

Amicus Briefs

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Amicus Brief of Ten Consumer Advocacy Organizations in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America

May 22, 2023

Amicus Brief in CFPB v. CFSA

May 16, 2023

Amicus Brief in Chamber v. CFPB

December 23, 2022

Amicus Brief: Seila Law v. CFPB

January 22, 2020

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