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Credit Reporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Date:
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Consumer Reports
Location Details:
Online / webinar

Credit Reporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Organization: ConsumerReports.org (non-profit)

February 25 at 10am PT (1pm ET)

Register here: https://action.consumerreports.org/webinar_20210225_creditcheck

Consumer Reports and partners from Americans for Financial Reform and the
National Association of Consumer Advocates will discuss how credit reports are making an already precarious financial situation even more so, and ways you can protect your financial health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We also will have a special action where you can be a part of a Consumer Reports’
people-powered research project to hold the giant credit reporting companies accountable for the mistakes they make in our financial records.

Upon RSVPing you will receive a confirmation that includes the zoom login details. Save this confirmation to join the event using the url provided at the day/time. If you do not receive this email, please check your spam folders or contact our team at community [at] cr.consumer.org


ABOUT: ConsumerReports.org (non-profit consumer rights advocacy)

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/what-we-do/index.htm

Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit member organization that works side by side with consumers for truth, transparency, and fairness in the marketplace.

Consumer Reports works to create a fair and just marketplace for all. As a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit member organization, CR empowers and informs consumers, incentivizes corporations to act responsibly, and helps policymakers prioritize the rights and interests of consumers.
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Added to the calendar on Mon, Feb 22, 2021 10:46AM
§ARTICLE: What to Do If You're Having Trouble Paying Bills During COVID
by ConsumerReports.org
CONSUMER REPORTS: What to Do If You're Having Trouble Paying Bills

During the coronavirus crisis, help with debts is available. But you have to ask.

https://www.consumerreports.org/personal-finance/trouble-paying-bills-coronavirus-pandemic/

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COMMON DREAMS: 'Eviction Moratorium Is Not Enough': 200+ Groups Demand Rent Cancellation, Debt Relief

Amy Cooper, a leader with Center for Popular Democracy living in Alamance County, N.C., and a mother of five, is one of the millions of Americans currently behind on rent and facing possible eviction—which she's vowed to resist. She said she has "no idea how we could pay back rent since the pandemic started."

"My family has been housing insecure for years, but Covid has made it so much worse," Cooper said in a statement. "We don't even qualify for the CDC eviction moratorium, because our landlord has decided to not renew our lease."

For the full, complete article, go to https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/03/eviction-moratorium-not-enough-200-groups-demand-rent-cancellation-debt-relief
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