Category Archives: News

WSJ: Say No to Overdraft Pitches CLASP: Too Many Low-Wage Workers are Ineligible for UI Benefits CBPP: Deficit Reduction Should Not Increase Poverty and Hardship Bloomberg’s Homelessness Saga: Success. Failure. Now What?

Bill calls for ‘Medicare for all’ Student Debt and the Economy New tax refund loans carry sky-high fees and rates States probing top U.S. banks over debt collection When Documentation of Resources and Income is Required for Medicaid Applications & … Continue reading →

Bleeding the Borrower Dry A Costly Catch-22 In States Forgoing Medicaid Expansion Millions Eligible for Healthcare Coverage through Medicaid Expansion Overview of GAO’s Past Work on FHA’s Single-Family Mortgage Insurance Programs

CFPB: What can students do to protect themselves? Feds To Kick Off Campaign To Reach Uninsured In July Plaintiff can recoup fees under EAJA after state voluntarily concedes

$9 an hour, Assembly says The return of interest-only mortgages Banks Find More Wrongful Foreclosures Among Military Members Empire Justice Memo of Support: New York State is Long Overdue for an Increase in the Minimum Wage

CRL: State Actions Still Needed to Prevent Unnecessary Foreclosures Legal Group Leaders Say Sequestration Will Hinder Access to Justice NY Times: As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard DOMA violates equal protection with ‘discriminatory … Continue reading →

NY Times: Bleeding the Borrower Dry Student Loan Delinquencies May Top 30 Percent, New Data Shows CLASP: Drug Testing of Safety-Net Applicants Stigmatizes Poor Families Consumer Advocates Call for Further Protections in Medicaid Managed Long Term Care People’s Budget Hearing … Continue reading →

Jobs at risk in services for disabled Brief Challenging DOMA Section Is Submitted NY Bridge Plan (Pre-Existing Condition Plan) enrollment suspension