An upcoming House Financial Services Committee hearing will discuss climate change’s impact on the nation, as wildfires burned an average of 6.8 million acres annually, putting homeowners in at-risk areas in jeopardy.
Read More »Accountability for Equifax
Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), has vowed to hold credit bureau Equifax accountable for repeated slights against American Consumers in an open letter published Aug. 10. The letter follows recent news that Equifax sent ...
Read More »Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act
The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Watters, has authored a public letter with the backing of 76 of her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and ...
Read More »Rep. Waters Presses for Thompson as Full-Time FHFA Head
The Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee has called upon President Biden to drop the Acting Director title and nominate Sandra L. Thompson as Director of FHFA.
Read More »House Committee Addresses Lending Equality
Congressional markup sees up two pieces of legislation drafted to advance racial and gender equity, and provide fairness for LGBTQ+ persons in housing and lending.
Read More »More Time for the National Flood Insurance Program
The U.S. House of Representatives passed four bills on Tuesday offered by House Financial Services Committee Members, including H.R. 2578, the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019. The piece of legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), ...
Read More »Maxine Waters Remains Critical of HUD
In an interview with John Harwood of CNBC, the Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee shared her insights on HUD and the current corporate philosophy of financial institutions. Here’s what she had to say.
Read More »Watchdog Is Examining Borrower Population of Foreclosure Settlement at Congress’ Request
Waters made the request after reports surfaced earlier in March that one of the borrowers named in the settlement, Citigroup, had missed paying some 24,000 borrowers who were owed money.
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