Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The agreement with the Department of Justice and U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, filed in court Tuesday, settles the 2023 lawsuit alleging that owners of the development engaged in deceptive advertising and targeted Hispanic residents with predatory loans and seller-financed mortgages.

The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting credit scores.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule in early January to take medical debt off consumer credit reports. Texas experts say the change is a small but helpful step for patients, but its fate is unclear.

The Biden Administration is fighting legal challenges in federal courts in Texas from business interests trying to kill its consumer protections.

Bank lobby groups filed their lawsuit against a federal regulatory board in Texas’ Northern District. The judge told them the case had no relevance there.