Faulty credit ratings played a key role in our nation’s financial meltdown, and now we have chance to ensure that that doesn’t happen again. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created the …

November 5, 2010
Hon. Timothy Geithner, Chairman        Mr. Edward DeMarco, Acting Director
Financial Stability Oversight Council             Federal Housing Finance Agency
and Secretary of the Treasury                         1700 G Street, NW, 4th Floor
1500 Pennsylvania, Avenue, NW                   Washington, DC 20552
Washington, …

October 18, 2010
To the Multistate Group Engaged in Inquiries of Mortgage Servicer Improprieties:
The undersigned organizations, some of whom are a part of the Americans for Financial Reform coalition and others who are legal aid or …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 15, 2010
CONTACT: Maureen Thompson
(703) 276-3251 mthompson@hastingsgroup.com
AFR Statement on the Foreclosure Crisis
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations …

Cook County Sheriff  Tom Dart announced this morning that he will not go through with mortgage foreclosure evictions by banks that have admitted to “questionable” foreclosure practices: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and GMAC/Ally Financial.
Sheriff …

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: October 5th, 2010
For More Information call: Peter Kuhns (213) 272-1141
Homeowners Denounce Foreclosure Fraud &
Call for Moratorium on All Foreclosures
Urge Fellow Homeowners to Resist Evictions
Until Banks Prove they Are Complying …