Joint Civil Society Letter Re: CFPB's Proposed Debt Collection Rules

September 18, 2019 Director Kathy Kraninger Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Comment Intake-CFPB 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Docket No. CFPB-2019-0022, Debt Collection Practices The 232 undersigned consumer, civil and human rights, labor, community and legal services organizations from all 50 states and the District of Columbia submit the following comments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) proposed debt collection rules. The rule as proposed does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment,…

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