General Predatory Lending Archive

In the News (Installment Contracts)
11/2/17 WSB-TV2, Atlanta (4:05 runtime) “Company accused of preying on low-income minorities trying to buy homes” in which NCLC / Atlanta Legal Aid attorney Sarah Bolling Mancini discusses a lawsuit brought by the two legal organizations against Harbour Portfolio for selling toxic land-installment contracts to unsuspecting families in Atlanta.
11/2/17 WSB-TV2, Atlanta digs into a national overview of the problem in a separate story (3:45 runtime)
Toxic Transactions: How Land Installment Contracts Once Again Threaten Communities of Color, July 2016

Press Release: Public Interest Groups Applaud FHFA Move to Expand Resources for LEP Borrowers, Oct. 16, 2018. Spanish Version.
Press Release: Language Preference Question in Uniform Mortgage Application Will Help Borrowers Gain Access to the Mortgage Market, Oct. 24, 2017
AFR Issue Brief: Fair Treatment of Homeowners with Limited English Proficiency, May 26, 2016. Press Release.

Coalition letter to Rep. Green supporting a bill requiring the Federal Housing Finance Agency to include language preference on the Uniform Residential Loan Application, Oct. 22, 2019
Group letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) supporting recent language access progress made at the agency, Apr. 18, 2019
Letter to FHFA regarding URLA and Language Access Implementation, Feb. 16, 2018
Comments on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Request for Input on Improving Language Access in Mortgage Origination and Servicing Submitted by Americans for Financial Reform’s Language Access Task Force, Jul. 31, 2017. Supplemental Comments, Sep. 1 2017
Group letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency re Improving Language Access in Mortgage Lending and Servicing, Jul. 31, 2017. AFR Letter .