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CFED Comment Letters

Aspiring to ensure that policies and programs provide all Americans with the opportunity to participate and succeed in the national economy, CFED promotes effective and efficient asset-building, entrepreneurship and education policies to promote financial security and opportunity.

CFED's comment letters:

CFED submits statement for the record to the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity regarding hearing on "Implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000" (January 2012)

CFED urges Treasury Department leadership to expand bank access for low-income households (November 2011)

CFED submits comments to House Ways and Means Committee recommending SSI asset limit reform as a work incentive for people with disabilities (September 2011)

CFED submits comments to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding financial products for military families (September 2011)

CFED submits letter of record to the House Ways and Means Committee recommending asset limit reform in the TANF program to encourage work and economic self-reliance (September 2011)

CFED recommends focus on self-employment and savings promotion for jobs bill (September 2011)

CFED recommends Administrative Action to Create Jobs (August 2011)

CFED protests rescission of Office of Refugee Resettlement IDA funds – decision harms current savers (August 2011)

CFED Comments on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Nonbank Supervision Proposal (August 2011)

CFED recommends flexibility for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program (August 2011)

CFED Submits Comments to Federal Banking and Housing Finance Regulators on Credit Risk Retention Proposal and Qualified Residential Mortgages (July 2011)

CFED Comments on Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act and its Impact on Manufactured Housing (July 2011)

CFED submits letter of record to the HELP committee and recommends SSI asset limit reform to encourage employment and savings for people with disabilities (July 2011)

CFED joins 247 national and local groups on a letter to Congress opposing the constitutional balanced budget amendment (July 2011)

CFED urges the Treasury Department to ensure a workable electronic alternative before eliminating the paper Savings Bond program (July 2011)

CFED supports proposed rules for changes to the SNAP asset limit test and offers recommendations (July 2011)

CFED encourages dynamic membership thresholds for Federal Home Loan Bank membership (March 2011)

CFED recommends greater economic development investments for the Federal Home Loan Banks (March 2011)

CFED urges the Federal Housing Finance Agency to increase economic development investments by the Federal Home Loan Banks (March 2011)

CFED comments on proposed information collection for the American Housing Survey (February 2011)

75 Organizations ask the Obama Administration to move quickly on asset limit changes in the recent tax bill (January 2011)

CFED recommends inclusion of manufactured housing in the National Housing Trust Fund (December 2010)

CFED urges implementation of the Capital Magnet Fund for CDFIs (December 2010)

CFED thanks Mr. Pomeroy for his efforts to expand asset-building policies (November 2010)

CFED tells HELP Committee Chairman Harkin that low-income individuals participate and save more in retirement plans with loan access and Memo (October 2010)

CFED Call for the Fiscal Commission to Rebalance the Federal Asset Budget to Reduce the Deficit by $1 Trillion while increasing Private Savings and Investment (October 2010)

CFED Letter of support for microloan and prime program funding in FY 2012 budget (September 2010)

CFED Recommends Improvements to Community Reinvestment Act Regulations (September 2010)

CFED recommends improvements to USDA’s Rural Microenterprise Assistance Program (July 2010)

CFED expresses its support of Lifelong Learning Accounts legislation (July 2010)

CFED joins letter to Fiscal Commission (June 2010)

CFED urges reform of asset limits for the Food Distribution Program for Indian Reservations (June 2010)

CFED recommends assets indicators be included in the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (June 2010)

CFED asks Congress to preserve Title XII in Financial Reform (June 2010)

CFED joins coalition urging co-ownership of savings bonds (May 2010)

CFED urges President Obama to appoint a Federal Housing Finance Agency Director (April 2010)

CFED submits comments to the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee calling for improvements in financing for manufactured housing (April 2010)

Fourteen U.S. Senators call for funding of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher IDA program (March 2010)

28 members of Congress sign letter calling for $26 million for SBA Microloan funding(March 2010)

CFED Innovator-in-Residence, Stacey Epperson, testifies at the Senate Energy Committee hearing in support of legislation replacing substandard mobile homes with ENERGY STAR manufactured homes (March 2010)

CFED supports asset investment in President Obama's FY 2011 budget request (February 2010)

CFED supports Federal Reserve’s efforts to protect consumers (December 2009)

CFED supports the replacement of substandard mobile homes with ENERGY STAR units in the Jobs Bill (December 2009)

CFED comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' priorities (November 2009)

CFED comments on proposed rule for FHLBank Directors' Compensation and Expenses (November 2009)

CFED comments on proposed rule for Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (November 2009)

CFED arranges for an entrepreneur to testify for Small Business Comittee (October 2009)

CFED comments on Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's "duty to serve" underserved markets (September 2009)

CFED requests HHS prioritize Assets for Independence Reauthorization (September 2009)

CFED encourages continued support of IDA and MED programs through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (July 2009)

CFED testifies in support of Microloan Program at House Small Business Committee Hearing (July 2009)

CFED comments on proposed rules for CDFI access to FHLBanks (July 2009)

CFED comments on Beginning Farmer and Rancher IDA regulations (July 2009)

CFED encourages exempting all IDAs from asset limit eligibility in SNAP (June 2009)

CFED supports FHA's Title I Manufactured Home Loan Program (June 2009)

CFED recommends manufactured housing criteria for the "duty to serve" GSE requirements (June 2009)

CFED recommends improvement in adult education programs at the Departments of Labor and Education (May 2009)

CFED encourages reform of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (February 2009)

CFED opposes FHLBanks use of AHP funds for mortgage refinance (December 2008)