Appearing in the Associated Press on October 1, 2026, Adriana Morga talks to NCLC Senior Attorney Carla Sanchez-Adams about how Americans spent more than $160 billion last year using buy now, pay later plans and experts are increasingly seeing people use the plans for everyday expenses like groceries, bills, transportation and, sometimes rent. As with…
Appearing in The New York Times on October 6, 2026, Dana Rubenstein talks to NCLC Deputy Director and Chief Advocacy Officer DianeThompson about proposed legislation that would grant the private right of action to nonprofits, which would enable tenant unions, whose growth the Mamdani administration has encouraged, to take action in court. That clause allowing…
Federal taxpayer dollars should benefit everyone, not favor some groups more than others. Each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out thousands of grants and subsidies totaling billions of dollars to state and local governments, nonprofits, and other organizations in your community. For decades, HUD’s disparate impact rules have prevented…
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Appearing in CBS News on September 16, 2026, Joshua Sidorowicz references NCLC’s report and issue brief, The $12 Billion Overdraft Trap: State Options to Limit Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees. According to the National Consumer Law Center, consumers paid more than $12 billion in overdraft and insufficient funds fees in 2025, despite years of efforts…
Appearing in the Los Angeles Times on August 26, 2026, Audrey McGlinchy talks to Olivia Wein, senior attorney at NCLC, about how renters say shared utility bills have soared unpredictably under formula-based systems run by third-party companies, while requests to see the underlying math go unanswered. Olivia Wein, a senior attorney at the National Consumer…
FCC Must Reject Effort to Flood Voters with AI-Powered Robocalls Ahead of the Midterms
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Bank Charter Would Have Enabled 100% APR Loans in Every State
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Prominent consumer law attorney Jim Kowalski Jr. and eminent law professor Patricia McCoy have been named to the board of directors.
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Appearing in CBS News on September 2, 2026, Megan Cerullo talks to Ariel Nelson, senior attorney at NCLC, about how financial firms are pushing buy now, pay later loans as a means for people to cover essential expenses, such as rent, groceries, electricity bills, and even medical costs. Consumer advocates warn that using BNPL loans…
States Must Create Energy Affordability Programs; Make Data Centers Cover Added Costs
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New Report Shows How ‘Heirship Affidavits’ Can Protect Family Property and Generational Wealth
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Appearing in The Seattle Times on August 27, 2026, Jessica Fu talks to Ariel Nelson, senior attorney at NCLC about how tenants across Washington state say that they face an increasingly confounding landscape of rental charges: amenity fees to access common areas, mailroom fees to receive packages, technology fees for app-enabled door locks and even…
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