Consumer advocates say debt collectors are growing more aggressive in light of everyone being stuck at home because of the coronavirus.
calling for a moratorium on debt collection until the pandemic subsides. People had enough to worry about, after all.
Christine Hines, legislative director for the National Assn. of Consumer Advocates, said she believes “debt collection will only intensify in the coming months” as millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet amid job losses and pay cuts.“The pandemic didn’t change how abusive debt collectors are, it just shows that they are capable of doing even more harm to vulnerable consumers than we thought,” she told me.
ACA International, the leading trade group representing debt collectors, says its members are misunderstood. In California, the statute of limitations for most consumer debt is four years. After that amount of time, a collector can still come after you, but they can’t take you to court .
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