Since 1999, Ronald Burdge, a Dayton Ohio consumer attorney, has been producing and publishing the free U.S. Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report, the only national survey of consumer law practitioners in the United States. Its methodologies have been independently peer reviewed and supported by the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis.
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Landlords use tenant screening reports to evaluate rental applications. This September 2023 NCLC report is based on an analysis of 253 responses from attorneys and tenant advocates about tenant screening problems. The report examines the survey results, provides an in-depth analysis of tenant screening problems identified by the survey, and makes recommendations for change. The report responds to an FTC and CFPB call for information on tenant screening.
Discriminatory tax assessment and appeal practices, especially during the Jim Crow era, contributed to the persistent homeownership gap. Black-owned properties were routinely and intentionally over assessed, resulting in the loss of those properties for owners who could not afford the taxes. The disparities persist today. Black and Latino/a residents face an unequal property assessment and appeals process that results in higher tax burdens, and a greater risk of tax foreclosure.
This is the Federal Register notice, 87 Fed, Reg. 20771 (April 1, 2022) for a proposed CFPB rule under Regulation V regarding Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking. The request for comment is on a FCRA rule that assists consumers who are victims of trafficking.
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