Amidst all the talk about credit reporting and what should and should not be on a consumer’s credit report, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act in order to prohibit including evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic from consumers’ …
Read More »Bill Introduced in House to Keep COVID-Related Evictions Off Credit Reports
A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would prohibit evictions that were related to the COVID-19 pandemic from appearing on those individuals’ credit reports. H.R. 6882, the Keeping Evictions Off Credit Reports Act was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen [D-Tenn.]. Rep. Cohen claims that 40 million …
Read More »Bill Introduced in House to Prohibit Collection of Time-Barred Debt
A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit the collection of any debt for which the statute of limitations has expired. The text of the bill, H.R.2135, the Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act, is not yet available, …
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