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'Consumers Rights' League Seeks to Derail Consumer Protections
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The primary targets of this fake grassroots effort are the Center for Responsible Lending and its affiliate, Self-Help Credit Union. For the past 25 years, Self-Help has provided over
These attacks are nothing new. The "Consumers Rights" League joins the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan and drug dealers who opposed Self-Help's community development lending in poor and minority neighborhoods.
We want to set the record straight about the misinformation and distortions these predatory companies and their public relations attack firms are spreading. Please visit http://www.responsiblelending.org and see "Debunking Industry Propaganda" for the truth.
About the Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending (http://www.responsiblelending.org/) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. CRL is affiliated with Self-Help (http://www.self-help.org/), one of the nation's largest community development financial institutions.
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