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CASH Program (Free tax prep)
Join us for our Celebration of Leadership event on November 19. Learn More!
Part 1 of a 2 part series, this webinar guides you toward gaining self-awareness, provides tips to broaden your cultural competency and resources to continue your growth. In our multi-cultural world, this is a critical competence to build trust and best serve all your clients. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint Cultural Compentency Learning Matrix
...This data reporting webinar for legal services advocates reviews the data values and provides a refresher on the materials and expectations. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint Data Reporting Manual for Legal Services Excel/Manual Key for Legal Services Supplemental Fields Chart for Legal Services
...FHA servicing and loss mitigation requirements, which include important protections for borrowers in default of an FHA-insured loan, are too often ignored by mortgage servicers. This basic webinar training brings both new and seasoned attorneys and housing counselors up to date on HUD standards and procedures, and helps advocates identify violations and potential legal defenses. […]
...Part 1 of a 2-part series. Have you ever had a Loan Modification stall due to judgment lien? Can’t make the clients’ budget work? Ever had to resubmit because documents go stale? (Just kidding, of course you have.) This webinar focuses on the basics of consumer bankruptcy and loss mitigation. Experienced bankruptcy attorneys Paula Barbaruolo […]
...Seemingly abandoned foreclosure cases are a common phenomenon, with “shadow docket” cases in which Requests for Judicial Intervention were never filed and with plaintiffs often failing to seek summary judgment or make default judgment applications long after cases are released from settlement conferences. This webinar, taught by a panel of practitioners experienced with motions to […]
...This webinar focuses on the utility consumer rights and remedies created by the Home Energy Fair Practices Act (HEFPA). Some examples from consumer assistance calls handled by the Public Utility Law Project are provided. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint Complaint Handling Process
...This webinar provides an overview of consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. We discuss how to correct inaccuracies on a credit report and the legal obligation of those who furnish information to credit reporting agencies. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint FCRA Materials
...Contact: Barbara van Kerkhove, (585) 454-4060 Ruhi Maker, (585) 454-4060 Maria DeGennaro, (631) 650-2319 Empire Justice Center Report finds that this key aspect of an economic recovery is not reaching low income families and communities of color (Central Islip, NY) – Today, at a community forum at the Touro Law Center, Empire Justice Center released its […]
...This webinar provides an overview of the data reporting expectations and requirements under the HOPP initiative. This webinar was intended for grantees new to the program. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint
...This webinar addresses approaches to defending property tax foreclosures in New York. We discuss the range of statutory and procedural regimes throughout the state with a focus on effective legal advocacy for homeowners. Webinar Resources: PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 Order to Show Cause Pro Se Tax Answer
...On June 25, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published over 7,700 consumer complaint narratives about financial companies. Since first making the complaints database public in 2013, CFPB has been improving access to and search capabilities for the data collected. The ability to view consumer complaint narratives may be the most significant change in […]
...For economic recovery to be long-term and stable, it is critical that all communities – high income and low income, African American, Latino and white – share in the recovery. All families have a right to basic economic security and a chance to share in the American Dream. These values are the basis of the federal […]
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