FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2020 One-Third of U.S. Adults with a Credit Report Have Debt in Collection Washington, D.C. - The National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low income clients, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates, expressed [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 29, 2020 National Consumer Law Center Contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Carolyn Carter (ccarter@nclc.org) 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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2020 Press Contacts:  Jan Kruse (National Consumer Law Center ): jkruse@nclc.org or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org) Carter Dougherty (AFREF) carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org Rule that evades state interest rate laws will severely impact low-income and communities of color WASHINGTON, D.C. – The regulator of the nation’s largest banks has finalized a rule that allows [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Margot Saunders (msaunders@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) Consumer Reports: David Butler (david.butler@consumer.org) Consumer Federation of America: Susan Grant (sgrant@consumerfed.org) National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports submit amicus in Duguid v. Facebook WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unwanted robocalls invade the privacy [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org), Ariel Nelson (anelson@nclc.org) or Sarah Bolling Mancini (smancini@nclc.org) Washington, D.C. - Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of passage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The following is the statement of National Consumer Law Center attorneys Chi [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Andrea Bopp Stark (astark@nclc.org) DOWNLOAD the report: http://bit.ly/New-Beginning-CJ-Bankruptcy-Debt Boston - A major barrier that keeps people in the United States from successfully reentering society long after an encounter with the criminal justice system is the burden of paying fines and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2020 LDF Media: Ella Wiley / ewiley@naacpldf.org National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse / jkruse@nclc.org ACLU Michigan: Ann Mullen / amullen@aclumich.org, 313-400-8562 Michigan Poverty Law Program: Lorray Brown / lorrayb@mplp.org Detroit - Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), [...]

For Immediate Release: September 24, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org)  550% increase in credit reporting complaints to CFPB in the past six months Washington, D.C. - A coalition of 21 consumer, faith, and advocacy groups sent a letter today to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Persis Yu (pyu@nclc.org) Boston - Today, Senators Schumer and Warren announced they are introducing a Resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for [...]