In a new opinion piece for the Sacramento Business Journal, HLF’s president pushes back on California lawmakers’ latest attempt to scapegoat technology as the cause of the state’s affordable housing crisis. California’s continued war on pricing software highlights a misguided ...
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Few things are as essential to participating in the American economy as a bank account. It is how workers get paid, how families save for a home, and how small businesses make payroll. That is precisely why regulatory pressure on ...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — New national polling released today by the Hispanic Leadership Fund (“HLF”) finds overwhelming voter support for reducing title insurance costs: 90% of voters support expanding the program for reduced title insurance fees, and 89% say they would ...
Read MoreThe Senate Banking Committee is marking up the CLARITY Act today. Senators have an important choice: will the legislation strengthen both innovation and Main Street finance, or will it end up hurting local economies by undermining the community banks that are vital ...
Read MoreHousing affordability is driving urgent efforts to modernize the mortgage and refinancing process. Among these, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Title Acceptance Pilot stands out as a reform that delivers real benefits for homeowners. By targeting outdated title risk practices, this pilot program is paving the ...
Read MoreThe pressures of rising prices, inflation, and consumer costs are weighing heavily on American families, especially those already living paycheck to paycheck. Affordability has emerged as a top issue and is supposedly the reason behind President Trump’s demand for a ...
Read MoreOutgoing New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is doubling down on his aggressive ESG agenda and is willing to use New York city employees’ retirement returns as a political pawn in the process. Lander issued a politically-motivated recommendation to rebid ...
Read MoreAs Congress was starting to debate its reconciliation bill in earnest back in March we wrote about a proposal to eliminate the tax exemption provisions for certain credit unions. Credit Unions’ tax-exempt status was established in The Federal Credit Union ...
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