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NCRC Files Fair Lending Complaints Against FHA Lenders
February 11, 2011 – 2:50 pm

Dear Colleagues,
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition has filed twenty two fair lending complaints to the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity challenging FHA lenders discriminatory policies …

AFR Letter on Transparency in the Forex Market
February 11, 2011 – 12:58 pm

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Americans for Financial Reform
1629 K St NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC, 20006
202.466.1885
February 10th. 2011
The Honorable Timothy Geithner
Secretary
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
CC: Chairman …

New Consumer Bureau Launch Website – ConsumerFinance.gov – To Both Talk With and Listen To Consumers
February 3, 2011 – 2:12 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2011
CONTACT: Ed Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Office: 202-546-9707, ext. 314
edm@pirg.org
Professor Elizabeth Warren and New Consumer Bureau Launch Website – ConsumerFinance.gov – To Both Talk With and Listen To Consumers
WASHINGTON, …

HUD Confronted on Foreclosure Relief Program
February 1, 2011 – 4:38 pm

For more information contact John Dodds, Philadelphia Unemployment Project 267-975-4706,
Lew Finfer, MA Communities Action Network/PICO National Network, 617-470-2912
HUD Confronted on Foreclosure Relief Program
Organizations call for action to implement Emergency Homeowner Loan Program – Meet with …

Financial Speculation Tax Serious Tool for Long-Term Deficit Reduction
January 24, 2011 – 3:04 pm

PRESS RELEASE:
Financial Speculation Tax Serious Tool for Long-Term Deficit Reduction
Tax burden would largely fall on banks and hedge-funds, not everyday taxpayers.
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For Immediate Release: January 24, 2011
Contact: Alan Barber, 571-306-2526
Washington, D.C.- A discussion of the budget …

Halfway to the CFPB: An AFR Progress Report
January 21, 2011 – 10:25 am
Halfway to the CFPB: An AFR Progress Report

Six months after Wall Street reform legislation creating the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was signed, a leading coalition released Halfway to the CFPB: An AFR Progress Report on “Standing Up” the New Consumer Financial …