• Housing affordability dominates California gubernatorial race,Richard Lawson

    Housing affordability dominates California gubernatorial race

    California has made significant efforts to address housing affordability through numerous new laws under Gov. Gavin Newsom. Candidates seeking to replace the term-limited Newsom, however, act as if little has been accomplished. The laws lacked swift, decisive enforcement to push the affordable goal,

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  • Senate Democrats warn CFPB shutdown could disrupt prime interest rates,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Senate Democrats warn CFPB shutdown could disrupt prime interest rates

    U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting director Russell Vought raising concerns that any “efforts to shutter the agency” could disrupt the publication of average prime offer rates (APOR), a key benchmark in the mortgage market. The CFPB manually cal

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  • Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra lands new consumer watchdog role,Sarah Wolak

    Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra lands new consumer watchdog role

    Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and a previous member of the Federal Trade Commission, has landed a new job. According to reporting from Bloomberg on Tuesday, a coalition of Democratic state prosecutors called The Progressive State Leaders Committee (

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