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Wall Street Bailout?
Then Treasury Secretary Paulson arrived on Capitol Hill in September of 2008 with a simple plan and a simple message that went something like...
CRL Calls $16 Million HUD Grant to ACORN “Insulting”
The Consumers Rights League (CRL) today released the following the announcement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has authorized $16 million...
Whistleblower Documents Reveal ACORN’s Practices
Today, the Consumers Rights League (CRL) published a collection of whistleblower documents that suggest the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has...
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CRL Statement on FDIC Blacklist
James Terry, Chief Public Advocate for the Consumers Rights League (CRL), today issued the following statement on an ICBA report that financial institutions that...
Discover Just How Black Women are Taking Care of Business
Going insane was a luxury. It's the going, that's the treat. Going suggests travel, moving. There was no going. The madness was constant and...
CRL Calls $16 Million HUD Grant to ACORN “Insulting”
The Consumers Rights League (CRL) today released the following the announcement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has authorized $16 million...
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Democratization of Credit
In the past, credit was only available to the very wealthy. Middle and low income families were limited to spend only what was in...
Community Redevelopment?
Take a tour of the websites for the Center for Responsible Lending and its parent, Self-Help Credit Union Network, and you’ll see a heavy...
Predatory Charity Report
The term “predatory lending” seems to have appeared out of thin air in recent years. In reality, the prevalence of the term—and the accompanying...
Housing Crisis
Home prices rose steadily and dramatically over the last several years. For the first time in history, the increase in home prices outpaced the...
