By Charlene Crowell With 44 million consumers owing student debt that now reaches $1.5 trillion and still climbing, a lot of people want to better understand how and why this unsustainable debt … [Read more...]
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Rep. Maxine Waters Takes Strong Stand for Fair Housing at HUD New Legislation Would Restore Revoked Protections and Rules
By Charlene Crowell When Dr. Ben Carson was named Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), many housing and civil rights advocates wondered how a world-renowned … [Read more...]
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Fighting Discrimination in the Housing Market Takes a Strong FHA
By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) In the classic movie film, “Gone with the Wind,” the owner of the Tara plantation admonished his daughter … [Read more...]
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Senate Lawmakers Seek to Gut Fair Housing
Senate Lawmakers’ Housing Reform Plan Threatens Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In just a few weeks, civil rights and housing advocates will … [Read more...]
Access to Safe, Decent and Affordable Housing Threatened
By Charlene Crowell (Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) In recent days, threats to the nation’s housing finance system have emerged. At the center of the controversy are … [Read more...]
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Black America’s Dreams of Homeownership Still Deferred
By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) The late Langston Hughes created a masterful body of poetry in the 20th Century that spoke about and to … [Read more...]
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White House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay … [Read more...]
Homeowner Bills of Rights emerge as remedies to foreclosure
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A few days ago, HUD released data showing that more 620,000 troubled homeowners received more than $50 billion in principal reductions and savings. These actions … [Read more...]
Advocates push to preserve foreclosure program
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key federal program that has helped more than 1.1 million troubled homeowners and … [Read more...]
Typical American household has only $100 after monthly expenses
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist According to findings from the Center for Responsible Lending’s newest report, The State of Lending in America and Its Impact on US Households (State of … [Read more...]