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Recent Updates

7/27/2010
Letter to Alfred M. Pollard, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Regarding RIN 2590 – AA27, to establish the Duty To Serve Underserved Markets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Download File

) We are pleased with the overall proposal, and appreciate the attention given to comments we submitted earlier in 2010 on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The importance of the Enterprises’ role in meeting consumers’ need for affordable and sustainable mortgage credit is greater today than in recent years. The mortgage crisis has highlighted the dangers of unregulated capital market participation in the mortgage system, and the risks to which consumers can be exposed when unsustainable mortgage products are allowed to proliferate.

7/22/2010
Car Dealers Mostly Escape CFPB, But May Face Scrutiny Elsewhere
Despite appeals from consumer groups and others, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the new financial reform law will not have jurisdiction over most car dealer-arranged financing.

7/20/2010
Debtor's Prisons Making a Comeback for Those With Unpaid Bills
Let the punishment fit the crime. But is it wise to return to the 1800s and throw people who don't pay their bills into prison?

Events

8/27/2010
NACA's 2010 Mortgage Lending Litigation Conference
Early Bird Ends Soon! Register Now!

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	Board Members James Fishman Fishman & Mallon, LLP New York, NY Lynn Drysdale Co-Chair Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. Jacksonville, FL Robert Murphy Secretary Law Office of Robert W. Murphy Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dwain Alexander II Norfolk, VA Ian Lyngklip Lyngklip & Assoc. Consumer Law Center, PLC Southfield, MI Michael Kinkley Michael D. Kinkley, P.S. Spokane, WA Leonard Bennett Newport News, VA DeVonna Joy Consumer Justice Law Center LLC Big Bend, WI Daniel Blinn Consumer Law Group, LLC Rocky Hill, CT Will Ogburn Treasurer National Consumer Law Center Boston, MA Seth Lesser Co-Chair Klafter Olsen & Lesser, LLP Rye Brook, NY Jim Sturdevant The Sturdevant Law Firm San Francisco, CA Ira Rheingold Executive Director National Association of Consumer Advocates Washington, DC	Recent Updates 7/27/2010 Letter to Alfred M. Pollard, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Regarding RIN 2590 – AA27, to establish the Duty To Serve Underserved Markets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Download File ) We are pleased with the overall proposal, and appreciate the attention given to comments we submitted earlier in 2010 on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The importance of the Enterprises’ role in meeting consumers’ need for affordable and sustainable mortgage credit is greater today than in recent years. The mortgage crisis has highlighted the dangers of unregulated capital market participation in the mortgage system, and the risks to which consumers can be exposed when unsustainable mortgage products are allowed to proliferate. 7/22/2010 Car Dealers Mostly Escape CFPB, But May Face Scrutiny Elsewhere Despite appeals from consumer groups and others, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the new financial reform law will not have jurisdiction over most car dealer-arranged financing. 7/20/2010 Debtor's Prisons Making a Comeback for Those With Unpaid Bills Let the punishment fit the crime. But is it wise to return to the 1800s and throw people who don't pay their bills into prison? Events 8/27/2010 NACA's 2010 Mortgage Lending Litigation Conference Early Bird Ends Soon! Register Now!
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