Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 requires individuals to receive credit counseling before filing for bankruptcy and to take a debtor education course before having debts discharged. Concerns were raised that the new requirements could expose consumers to abusive practices by credit counseling agencies or become barriers to filing for bankruptcy. This testimony is based on GAO's report issued last month, and addresses (1) the process of approving counseling and education providers, (2) the content and results of the counseling and education sessions, (3) the fees charged, and (4) the availability of and challenges to acce...
The Marquette decision created a regulatory arbitrage possibility that set off a regulatory race to ...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congre...
The 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy code, known collectively as the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention an...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Ban...
On April 20, 2005, after nearly a decade of lobbying by the credit industry, President Bush signed t...
Changes in bankruptcy laws have two impacts on NeighborWorks organization and similar housing counse...
In the eighteen years since Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...
In the eighteen years since Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...
On April 20, 2005, after nearly a decade of lobbying by the credit industry, President Bush signed t...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There h...
Congress has concluded that the voyage of consumer bankruptcy in the United States is off course and...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Financi...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Between ...
In 2003, over 1.6 million consumers filed for bankruptcy protection, surpassing the previous record ...
If no attempts are made to determine the monetary and non-monetary reasons for bankruptcy or its rec...
The Marquette decision created a regulatory arbitrage possibility that set off a regulatory race to ...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congre...
The 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy code, known collectively as the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention an...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Ban...
On April 20, 2005, after nearly a decade of lobbying by the credit industry, President Bush signed t...
Changes in bankruptcy laws have two impacts on NeighborWorks organization and similar housing counse...
In the eighteen years since Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...
In the eighteen years since Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection...
On April 20, 2005, after nearly a decade of lobbying by the credit industry, President Bush signed t...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There h...
Congress has concluded that the voyage of consumer bankruptcy in the United States is off course and...
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Financi...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Between ...
In 2003, over 1.6 million consumers filed for bankruptcy protection, surpassing the previous record ...
If no attempts are made to determine the monetary and non-monetary reasons for bankruptcy or its rec...
The Marquette decision created a regulatory arbitrage possibility that set off a regulatory race to ...
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congre...
The 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy code, known collectively as the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention an...