The team at VPLC is re-charged and ready!

Winter is coming! ❄️ LIHEAP funding is now available. Apply to get assistance with your heating costs this winter. Learn more at commonhelp.virginia.gov

What's more unfair than discrimination? The US Chamber of Commerce, American Bankers Assoc., Consumer Bankers Assoc., & other industry players want the federal courts to protect banks’ imagined right to discriminate from the oversight Congress obviously intended CFPB to conduct.

Slumlords can have a greater destabilizing effect on neighborhoods than internal factors, like poverty. news.vcu.edu/article/2022/0…

The VPLC outreach team and ENROLL Virginia! navigators from CVLAS: Richmond teamed up this weekend to share resources on lending fairness, affordable health coverage, and more with attendees at VA Pridefest!

Come work with us! vplc.org/now-hiring-dev…

'Lawyering for Housing Justice: What to Expect' features moderator Hana Hausnerova and panelists including 2019 Fellow Palmer Heenan (Assistant AG, Public Advocacy Division AG Karl A. Racine), Dianne Prado of HEART LA, and 2022 Fellow Denise Thomas-Brown (@VPLC). #CCF_2022

A debt that can and should be repaid.
richmondmagazine.com/news/inalienab…

Much-needed help for low-income Virginians who are paying the highest percentage into taxes. bit.ly/3RStgYd

We'll be watching @CelebrityGameFace on E! from now on! Last week, Jermaine Fowler played on behalf of VPLC and won $10,000 in our efforts to help struggling Virginians. #ourhero #celebritygameface

Pulitzer Prize winning author and sociologist Matthew Desmond's new book on a morally urgent crisis comes out in March. Not a moment too soon.

There are ways we can reduce the toxic trauma experienced by children as they're separated from family.
vplc.org/reducing-the-t…

Bigggggg PSA: If your loans have been paused since March 2020 but you made payments, you can request a FULL refund!

This includes ppl who just learned they will get their loans cancelled (via President Biden’ cancellation, PSLF, PSLF waiver, or IDR waiver).

Last year 2 out of 3 student loan borrowers who made voluntary payments during the COVID-19 payment pause ended up owing a larger balance than they originally did.

Thankful to see real reforms for student borrowers. Cutting in half monthly loan payment requirements for undergrad loans, fixing the public loan forgiveness program, and debt relief for low-income students & simplifying repayment are just the beginning.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

In one hour, at 11:00 am, I will be discussing allyship with Ali Faruk and Virginia Poverty Law Center Vice-president Briana Green. Join us!