The Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and 49 state attorneys general have announced the filing of their landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. The federal

The National Employment Law Project reports that the economy added 227,000 jobs in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report. February’s growth builds upon steadily improving employment numbers since mid-2011. Despite this positive news, the unemployment rate

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that the owner of Breckenridge Plaza Apartment complex in Phoenixville, PA, has agreed to pay $15,000 as part of a consent decree in federal district court to settle claims that the development’s on-site manager, Morris Zelikovsky

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT), The Legal Services Corporation will host an online webinar entitled, Language Access and LSC’s TIG Program: Legal Aid and Court Collaborations. The goal of the webinar is to raise awareness about language access issues and to encourage LSC grantees

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a major expansion of its “Fresh Start” initiative to help struggling taxpayers by taking steps to provide new penalty relief to the unemployed and making Installment Agreements available to more people. Under the new Fresh Start provisions, part of a

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report on how the health reform law has eliminated lifetime limits on coverage for more than 105 million Americans. Before health reform, many Americans with serious illnesses such as cancer risked hitting the lifetime limit on

The Internal Revenue Service today warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging scheme tempting them to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds. The scheme carries a common theme of promising refunds to people who have little or no income and normally don’t have a tax

The Federal Trade Commission and more than 30 other federal agencies, consumer groups and national advocacy organizations, in conjunction with state, county, and local government agencies, are participating in National Consumer Protection Week, March 4-10, 2012. National Consumer Protection Week is