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Oregon AG Rosenblum touts student-borrower protections, hate-crimes hotline and elder-abuse unit
Summary
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum described recent state steps: a student-borrower bill of rights with servicer licensing and an ombuds program, a statewide bias-incident hotline with a large recent surge in reports, and a statewide elder-abuse prosecutor and training program.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum told the podcast her top priorities include consumer protections for seniors and students and statewide programs to address hate incidents and elder abuse.
"$1,700,000,000,000 outstanding in student debt in this country at this time," Rosenblum said to underline the scale of the problem and described Oregon's student-borrower bill of rights passed in the recent legislative session, which will require loan servicers to be licensed and create an ombuds program for borrower complaints.
Rosenblum also described a statewide bias-incident (hate-crimes) hotline that the office funds and a statewide elder-abuse prosecutor and investigator support network that provides training for law enforcement. She said the hotline’s second annual report showed a sharp surge in reporting and that most reports were race-based.
Rosenblum emphasized bipartisan cooperation among state AG offices on consumer issues and said legal-aid partnerships remain essential to reach underserved communities.
