Center for Responsible Lending lobbying?
April 8, 2008 | Center for Responsible Lending, industry critics | Comments (0)This article from The Hill newspaper (an Inside-the-Beltway type publication) calls Eric Stein, ”the top lobbyist for the Center for Responsible Lending….” However, no where on CRL’s website does it say that the group lobbies or has lobbyists on staff. Here’s what it does say:
{CRL’s} Scope of Work
CRL’s staff includes attorneys, researchers, and policy analysts in North Carolina, Washington DC, and California who study and report on predatory lending matters and monitor legislative and regulatory activity in state capitols and in the US Congress. CRL’s work has five main components:
Policy and Technical Assistance: sharing market and legal knowledge with advocates and policymakers across the country interested in reforming lending practices.
Research: producing research on predatory lending to inform policymakers, regulators, and others on its extent and impact.
Coalition-Building: supporting national and state organizations concerned about predatory lending.
Litigation: partnering with other advocates to advance predatory lending litigation and submitting legal briefs on key legal issues.
Communications: promoting public awareness and providing a web-based archive of information for local legislators and advocates.
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