Issue - the Foreclosure Crisis
Featured Publications
Foreclosures Foreclosures

The complete litigation manual on protecting a home from foreclosure: defenses, workouts, and fighting servicing abuses ...

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NCLC Guide to Surviving Debt NCLC Guide to Surviving Debt

Our 2010 guide on the rights of consumer borrowers ...

Consumer Bankruptcy Law & Practice Consumer Bankruptcy Law & Practice

The definitive treatise on filing chapters 7, 13 ...

Ongoing Initiatives
Foreclosure Mediation Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Help for struggling borrowers - website from NCLC and the Project on Student Debt.

Elder InitiativeElder Initiative

NCLC provides legal assistance to attorneys and advocates for older Americans in the areas of consumer and energy law.

Climate Change Justice Climate Change Justice

How policies to address climate change affect low-income people and communities.

Whats New

NCLC Reports on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Special 8-Page Issue, August 2010

Up the Chimney: How HUD's Inaction Costs Taxpayers Millions and Drives Up Utility Bills for Low-Income Families
Report, August 2010

Consumer Advocates Applaud End of IRS-Provided Service to Refund Anticipation Lenders
Press Release, August 2010

An Agenda for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Challenges for a New Era in Consumer Protection, July 2010

Direct Deposit Push Exposes Social Security Recipients to Bank Payday Loans
Press Release, July 2010

The Debt Machine: How the Collection Industry Hounds Consumers and Overwhelms the Courts
Debt Collection Abuses Widespread, July 2010

Stopping the Payday Loan Trap
Report Exposes Expense and Pitfalls of Some Payday 'Alternatives', June 2010

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