Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB Calling for Strengthened Consumer Protections in Final Debt Collection Rules
AFREF joined a letter to the CFPB calling for greater consumer protections in their final debt collection rules.
Government Category: Advocacy Documents
Letters to Congress: Letter Urging the House to Pass the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act
AFREF joined our partners in a letter urging the House to pass the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act to protect vulnerable consumers from abusive debt collection practices.
Letter to Regulators: Letter to the IRS and Treasury on Tackling Systemic Tax Abuses by the Private Equity Industry
The 18 organizations urge the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to prioritize rebuilding its auditing and enforcement capabilities in order to tackle systemic tax abuses, including in particular those by the private equity industry. The private equity industry has generated greater untaxed revenues over the past decades by structuring their funds to avoid taxes and through a strategy of misclassifying certain earnings, exploiting tax loopholes like carried interest, and utilizing complex and opaque business structures to shield earnings from IRS scrutiny. We applaud President Biden’s plans to fund the IRS and tax enforcement more robustly and believe that these needed changes are a strong argument for such additional resources.
Letters to Congress: Letter in Support of the Improving Language Access in Mortgage Servicing Act of 2021
The Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) Language Access Task Force and partner organizations sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee in support for HR 3009, the Improving Language Access in Mortgage Servicing Act of 2021. LEP borrowers face many challenges that impede their full participation in the consumer marketplace, including, specifically, their ability to obtain and preserve ownership of a home. The Improving Language Access in Mortgage Servicing Act will make important strides in improving access to the mortgage market and increasing awareness of the availability of assistance for homeowners who are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments, which is especially critical during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Letters to Regulators: Detailed Letter to CFPB on Proposed COVID Loss Mitigation Rule
AFREF, NCLC, and NHLP submitted detailed comments to the CFPB urging the Bureau to strengthen its make necessary improvements to its COVID loss mitigation proposal to protect the most vulnerable borrowers and strengthen protections against foreclosures.
Letter to the Regulators: The SEC Should Not Allow For More Leveraged Volatility ETFs
AFR submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission urging the Commission not to approve any additional leveraged ETF based on the Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index of the S&P 500 (“VIX”). The letter raises important concerns about not only the inherent dangers of leveraged ETFs that make them unsuitable investments