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 working together for strong financial reform, issued the
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 Dart said that he will halt 1,300 foreclosure evictions
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 with All Relevant Foreclosure Laws On
October 8, 2010 Consumers Union Joins Call for Nationwide Moratorium on Home Foreclosures Lenders and Servicers Should Be Required to Obtain Regulatory Certification of Compliance, After a Full Audit, with All Laws & Regulations Governing Foreclosures and Modifications WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the nonprofit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Scott Simpson LCCHR 202-466-2061 Deidre Swesnik NFHA 202-898-1661 Christopher Fleming NAACP 202-463-2940 Graciela Aponte NCLR 202-776-1578 Kathleen Day CRL 202-349-1871 NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS RENEW CALL FOR IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL HOME FORECLOSURES WASHINGTON, DC – October 7, 2010 – National
October 5, 2010 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 with All Relevant Foreclosure Laws On Wednesday, fed up homeowners throughout the state of California are
A Brief Summary of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform Act CFPB The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the biggest consumer reform since deposit insurance in the 1930s. Consumers will now have one-stop shopping for consumer protection and an independent advocate on their side
AFR tracked the individual votes of Senate and House members during the financial reform debate. Click below to see their voting records and related comments. S. 3217 Final Passage and Selected Amendment Voting Record Senate Voting Record Key HR4173 Final Passage and Selected Amendment Voting
September 27, 2010 Dear Representative: Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports ®, the Americans for Financial Reform (a coalition of over 250 national state and local groups), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), the National Association of Consumers Advocates (NACA), the National Consumer
A coalition of consumer advocates recently sent this letter to Sheila Bair about the FDIC and overdraft fees. Dear Ms. Bair: We, the undersigned civil rights, labor, consumer, housing, community, business, and sustainable and responsible investor groups, write to thank the FDIC for bringing attention