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ProPublica: Senators Call for Further Oversight, Consumer Protections in Contract for Deed Real Estate Transactions

July 12, 2023

Appearing in ProPublica on July 12, 2023, Jessica Lussenhop quotes Sarah Bolling Mancini in coverage of a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on alternative home financing deals that leave unwitting buyers financially devastated and unscrupulous sellers free to resell the properties. These financial products are a “costly and harmful detour from homeownership….NCLC estimates that the failure…

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199% Auto Repair, Pet Loans Face Crackdown by DC, States

July 12, 2023

DC joins two states in stopping rent-a-bank loans by EasyPay Finance and TAB Bank that evade state interest rate laws WASHINGTON – Advocates applauded today’s announcement by the Office of the Attorney General (AG) of the District of Columbia that DC has forced EasyPay Finance to stop making loans up to 198.98% despite DC’s 24%…

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Digital Library: Student Loan Borrower Rights After the Supreme Court Ruling

July 10, 2023

With the payment pause ending this fall, 45 million student loan borrowers across the country will be scrambling to figure out how to manage their federal student loans when payments come due.

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Exploiting the American Dream: NCLC Co-Director of Advocacy to Testify Before Senate Banking on Abusive Land Contracts

July 11, 2023

Sarah B. Mancini will join hybrid hearing on “rent-to-own” home financing arrangements that exploit vulnerable homebuyers The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Livestream. Full Testimony (available after the hearing) WASHINGTON – Today, Sarah Bolling Mancini, co-director of advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center, will testify…

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ProPublica: Sarah Bolling Mancini Discusses the Ugly Truth Behind HomeVestors

June 22, 2023

The company behind “We Buy Ugly Houses” trains its franchisees to zero in on homeowners’ desperation. In a video recorded discussion, NCLC’s Co-Director of Advocacy Sarah Bolling Mancini joins ProPublica to discuss the underregulated house flipping industry.

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Chicago Star: Illinois consumer advocates, utilities spar over potential energy price increases

June 23, 2023

Originally appearing in the Chicago Star on June 23, 2023, Andrew Adams discusses recent utility rate proposals with Karen Lusson. While gas utilities have included rate design proposals in their current rate cases, ComEd and Ameren will file electric rate design cases separately over the coming years, according to Lusson. The companies that have filed…

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ProPublica: Senators Call for Further Oversight, Consumer Protections in Contract for Deed Real Estate Transactions

199% Auto Repair, Pet Loans Face Crackdown by DC, States

Digital Library: Student Loan Borrower Rights After the Supreme Court Ruling

Exploiting the American Dream: NCLC Co-Director of Advocacy to Testify Before Senate Banking on Abusive Land Contracts

ProPublica: Sarah Bolling Mancini Discusses the Ugly Truth Behind HomeVestors

Chicago Star: Illinois consumer advocates, utilities spar over potential energy price increases

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