Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB on the Need for Access to the Online Complaint System in Spanish
AFREF joined a letter to the CFPB highlighting the need for access to their online complaint system in Spanish.
Category Archives: Education Fund
Letters to Regulators: Letter to Treasury in Response to Request for Comment on Small Dollar Loan Program Application
AFREF, CRL, CFA, and NCLC sent comments to the Department of Treasury in response to their request for comment concerning the Small Dollar Loan (SDL) Program Application.
Letters to Regulators: Memo to ED Supporting Continuity of Education From Carceral Setting to Reentry In Regulations on Pell Grants for Prison Education Programs
AFREF joined a memo to ED establishing their obligation to support education in reentry as Pell has been reinstated for incarcerated individuals and more individuals who will now begin a postsecondary education inside will not finish their degree within the correctional setting and will instead have to finish during reentry. The paper also demonstrates the types of support Prison Education Programs (PEP) could provide to help with the ‘education continuum’ from college inside to education outside.
Letters to the Administration: Letter Urging OMB and OIRA to Implement the January 20th Memo on Modernizing Regulatory Review
AFREF joined a letter urging the Biden Administration to immediately begin the process of implementing reforms outlined in the January 20th memo on “Modernizing Regulatory Review.”
Letters to Regulators: Federal Insurance Office Request for Information on the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks
AFREF sent a letter to the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) on how the agency can coordinate with state insurance regulators and insurers to have the necessary data, supervisory framework, and prudential regulation in a world where climate-related losses continue to rise and pose risks to the entire financial system.
Letters to Regulators: Letter to HUD on Evictions in HUD-Assisted Housing and the Interim Final Rule, Extension of Time and Required Disclosures for Nonpayment of Rent
AFREF joined a letter urging HUD to strengthen its recent Interim Final Rule intended to prevent evictions.
Letters to Regulators: Letter to ED on 90/10 Implementation
AFREF joined a letter in response to the Education Department’s request for public comments on a rule to fully implement closure of the 90/10 loophole.
Statement: AFR Statement on President’s Working Group Report on Stablecoins
The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund views the current state of the stablecoin market as a danger to consumers and to financial stability, and we are disappointed that the President’s Working Group (PWG) has focused on Congressional action as the central path for responding to these challenges.
Letters to Regulators: Letter Urging the OCC to Rescind its 2020 Rule Regarding the CRA
AFREF joined a comment letter in response to the OCC’s proposal to rescind its 2020 rule regarding the Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The letter urges the OCC to rescind the final rule as quickly as possible.
Letters to the Administration: Over 100 Groups Urge President Biden to Cancel Student Debt
AFREF joined over 100 other groups in sending a letter urging President Biden to cancel student debt.