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“When someone knocks on your door, talks about the PACE program—Be Careful. This is serious stuff. People are literally out on the streets and sidewalks because of these programs. . . [T]oo many people are being taken advantage of, particularly in the Latino community, and we’ve got to call that out. Forgive me, again. I know those industries are not going to be happy to hear that from a governor but they need to be accountable to a higher level of transparency and decency, morality and the law . . .”
– Governor Gavin Newsom, accompanied by Senate Pro tem Toni Atkins, at a San Diego press conference in 2018, calling for PACE accountability.
Clean Energy Justice Coalition Calls on Legislators to Act to Reform PACE Now
PACE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (June 20, 2021)
St. Louis County Tax Official’s Powerful Argument Against Residential PACE (2021)
State-Supported “Clean Energy” Loans Are Putting Borrowers At Risk of Losing Their Homes (2021)
Class-Action Suit Alleges Low-Income Homeowners Targeted For Deceptive PACE Loans (2021)
The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners (2021)
Project Home: Deceptive Energy-Saving Remodel Plans Hit Homeowners with Financing Gotchas (2021)
Lawsuit: Elderly Homeowners Were Duped Into Signing Up For PACE Home Improvement Program (2021)
Riverside-based agency to end controversial PACE loans for energy improvements (2020)
Homeowner fears losing property over solar loan (2020)
L.A. County Must Do More for Its PACE Victims (2020)
L.A. County Ends Controversial PACE Home Improvement Loan Program (2020)
Effort to make LA more eco-friendly means foreclosure for one homeowner (2019)
Pace lender approved ‘potentially fraudulent loans,’ ex-employee alleges (2019)
When going green brings an unexpected financial burden (2019)
Lawsuits filed against L.A. County, lenders over green energy program (2018)
Seniors buying clean energy loans victimized (2018)
Inland Congressional members seek more clarity for PACE customers (2018)
California Delegation Urges Bureau To Implement Consumer Protections With PACE Financing (2018)
Homeowners Call California Program a Magnet for Fraud (2018)
ABA Joins Consumer Groups Calling for PACE Loan Rulemaking (2018)
I Tried to Make My Home Energy-Efficient and It’s Ruining My Life (2017)
More borrowers defaulting on their ‘green’ PACE loans (2017)
Goldstein Investigation: How Going Green Might Have You Seeing Red In The End (2016)