Treasury Says CFPB’s Payday Lending Rule Is Unnecessary

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Evan Weinberger | Bloomberg
Congress failed to repeal the rule when it had the chance due in part to public support for the regulation, but the Treasury Department’s added push to rescind the rule could give the CFPB under Mulvaney additional cover to do so, Scott Astrada, the federal advocacy director at the Center for Responsible Lending, told Bloomberg Law.

New Report from the Center for Responsible Lending Examines the Repayment Experiences of Payday Loan Borrowers in Colorado

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Mike Landis | Public Citizen
Today, the Center for Responsible Lending released a new report examining the repayment experiences of borrowers of longer-term payday loans in Colorado. The report is based on focus groups that were conducted in four Colorado cities in September 2017. The full report is worth the read, but here are the key takeaways...

Missourians Could See Protection from Predatory Student Loans

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Stephanie Carson | Public News Service
"It's a comprehensive package that seeks to make college more affordable, more accessible, and hold institutions more accountable for the results that they achieve,” explains Ashley Harrington, a special assistant to the president of the Center for Responsible Lending. “And so we think that it's a big, strong step in the right direction."

U.S. Economy Grows But Black Unemployment Rises

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Parker Riley | Chicago Defender
The Black unemployment rate is almost double the 3.5 percent unemployment rate for whites and 4.6 percent for Hispanics. About eight percent of African-American homeowners lost their properties to foreclosure from 2007 to 2009, according to estimates from the Center for Responsible Lending. Also, only 43 percent of Black people owned homes in 2017, according to an annual report from...