Sentences with phrase «by predatory»

HUD is using MAP as an example of how such programs should operate and comparing it with programs set up by predatory lenders to entice people into homes they can't afford.

After being targeted by predatory lenders, saddled with unfair mortgages, and bypassed by the housing recovery they've heard so much about, underwater homeowners in communities of color deserve at least this much from the federal government.

His case matters because he's trying to protect everyone from unfair ticketing by predatory red light camera corporations.

Becoming your kid's loan officer helps drive home the point that saving money and being patient is better than going into debt, and it will do it before they get tricked by a predatory credit card.

A lawyer I spoke to in Florida said that she and all the other real estate lawyers in her city were wiped out in six months by the predatory pricing and, once they were gone, the title insurers began charging four times, while driving standards into the mud, what the lawyers had ever charged.

According to flyLAL, its demise was caused by predatory (that is, below cost) pricing by the Latvian airline Air Baltic Corporation A / S («Air Baltic»).

These are individuals and their families who are unable to pay for a lawyer or to access free legal assistance — people facing the loss of their homes, suffering persecution by predatory lenders, seeking to keep custody of their children or escape the abuse of a family member, or looking to protect their very subsistence.

(4) Such cartelization is certain to lead to higher prices to the public (see, to cite only one example among many, many, what happened when a handful of US title insurers replaced 100,000 US real estate lawyers — a «dysfunctional» per the State of California and «invidious» per the Supreme Court of Iowa industry «in which the public pays too much» per the State of California (about four times more than what the lawyers used to charge) while delivering services that are «shit» per an employee of a US title insurer who used to be an independent lawyer until she and all the other real estate lawyers in her city in Florida were put out of business by predatory pricing that lasted only as long as it took to kill the lawyers).

Prices there did not drop after the lawyers were killed off by predatory pricing.

The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, which intervened in the case, hailed the Supreme Court decision for affirming legal protection for women who are vulnerable to sexual assault by predatory men.

In 2011, Mike represented an Alabama company forced out of business by the predatory annexation and zoning of property by a city in a jury trial in Huntsville, Alabama.

South Sudan's state - owned oil company, Nilepet, has been captured by predatory elites and security forces.

The House of Representatives Science Committee is deeply concerned about this corruption of science, its potential impacts on US regulatory decisions, and the use of IARC rulings by predatory lawyers who are suing glyphosate manufacturers.

Of course, given the fact that we continue to burn fossil fuels, that the necessary renewable energy transition continues to be delayed by predatory industries and their proxy politicians (primarily republicans like Trump in the United States), there is no guarantee that the rate of annual increase in sea level won't accelerate faster than it already is.

Because they're so much smaller, kittens are in more danger of being injured, of being killed by a young energetic dog, or by a predatory dog.

Many cats are excellent hunters, and studies have shown that even well fed cats will hunt, driven by predatory instincts.

Many of the types of injuries we see from these group attacks also make me believe they were partly motivated by predatory instincts.

These rules are designed to protect students and taxpayers from harm by predatory schools.

For one thing, these groups are already disproportionately affected by predatory credit practices, such as the marketing of subprime mortgages and overpriced auto loans targeted at these populations.11 As a result, these groups have suffered higher foreclosure rates.12 African Americans and Latinos also suffer from disparities in health outcomes, and as discussed in Section IV of this testimony, health care bills are another source of black marks on credit reports.

Unfortunately, the lower scores of African Americans and Latinos are not a surprise, both because of the legacy of discrimination and because these groups have been disproportionately affected by predatory credit practices such as the marketing of subprime mortgages, overpriced auto loans as well as higher foreclosure rates, all of which damage their credit history.

At the same time, many would - be loan applicants hesitate over getting a car title loan out of fear of having their car taken away by predatory lenders.

Richard Cordray, Director of the CFPB, issued the following statement: «Tens of thousands of Corinthian students were harmed by the predatory lending scheme funded by Aequitas, turning dreams of higher education into a nightmare.

Carlisle says that 80 % of NID's clients are minorities who are disproportionately targeted by predatory lenders.

The fee that is sometimes charged on new credit cards for bad credit by predatory lenders.

Subprime consumers are often targeted by predatory lenders looking to capitalize on their weakened financial state.

I sympathize with people who have been ripped off by predatory companies.

A lot of authors have been burned by predatory publishing companies, marketing firms or services promising the world and delivering little.

My quest is to prevent indies from getting scammed by predatory service providers, and, through educating authors to produce better books, we can hopefully erase the stigma that all indie books are crap.

The Big Short examines the 2008 economic collapse, and how it was spurred by predatory financial institutions taking advantage of people's hopes and dreams of succeeding in America, from the point of view of the banks that caused the catastrophe; The Florida Project shows us the swampy, brightly - colored, half - decayed Florida landscape briefly glimpsed in The Big Short, and centers on the very people who are struggling the most financially as a result of the greed of others and the desire to achieve the vaunted American Dream.

She lives in a ramshackle motel managed by a predatory creep (Keanu Reeves).

The very real possibility of being scammed or victimized by a predatory sugar baby is something that would cause anyone to disregard the idea entirely.

On par with leopard print the new trend of the season are images of domestic animals, stylized by predatory animals shade.

In the sky, the flying fish is often depicted as being chased by the predatory fish represented by Dorado constellation.

Orrock wondered if plants could detect the slime left behind by a predatory snail.

I do not want a fourth generation of my people to suffer from the physical, psychological and cultural devastation caused by predatory energy practices.

University of Utah researchers have found that the structure of an insulin molecule produced by predatory cone snails may be an improvement over current fast - acting therapeutic insulin.

The new analysis «seems to indicate quite strongly» that green algae were scooped up at least twice by predatory protozoans, he says.

Predation of human pathogens by the predatory bacteria Micavibrio aeruginosavorus and Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

Recently Faso sided with banks and credit card companies against the interests of consumers, by making it impossible for his constituents to win legal fights when they've been harmed by predatory lenders.

«This will, therefore, continue to be used to narrow the curriculum, reducing opportunities for children and young people, and to force schools into being taken over by predatory private providers.

«They're forced to go online and really be taken advantage of by predatory lending.»

The positive spot features Michelle Minton, a Republican mother of two from Buffalo, who says she was harassed and threatened by a predatory debt collection company for a $ 4,400 bill she didn't owe.

So, you have nothing against formula feeding mothers, but we need to know that we're feeding our babies nasty crap, and we're very naive and being duped by the predatory formula advertising?

Let's not agree to disagree over the rights of women and the LGBT community, the Establishment Clause, the exploitation of misguided people by predatory clergy.

Creamfinance works in the short term loan industry, one that has been plagued by predatory companies and outdated business practices.

Not exact matches

Their allegiance was met by this unholy alliance of perfidious greed devolving rapidly into the audacity of vituperative unparalleled predatory rapacity.

But Republicans are too distracted by Trump's predatory comments to take capitalize on the moment.

Yet Republicans have found themselves largely unable to capitalize on the moment, consumed instead by the latest scandal of their nominee, a video showing Trump admitting to making predatory and lewd advances on women.

The Western Australian government has called on its federal counterpart to beef up its Trade Practices Act (TPA) to help protect small business against predatory pricing by big business.

Shall we ask those investors victimized by Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford, the flash crash, the bad apples who stuffed ARS into client portfolios, those manipulating Libor, naked short selling, robo - signing and predatory lending?