NEW MIDDLE CLASS

The New Middle Class is a growing group of productive credit-constrained Americans generally described as subprime or non-prime, having credit scores below 700 and little or no savings. This subprime - or non-prime status - prevents access to traditional lending products, meaning this group of approximately 160 million Americans are generally limited to expensive forms of credit or no credit at all and have few options to meet their immediate financial needs... Advocacy - We advocate for the customer at the local and national governmental levels, within industries and trade groups, and with individual companies. We are focused on providing research and insights to help decision makers with policies that help build credit for the new middle class and ease the burdens of a bad credit score... Elevate's Center for the New Middle Class provides research, suggestions, and assistance for America's non-prime consumers and engages in dialogue with thought-leaders and policy-makers in order..