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New Matching Program for Disabled Student Loan Borrowers
December 07, 2015
We have been calling on the government for years to stop offsetting Social Security benefits of disabled student loan borrowers. Recipients of Social Security Disability (SSDI) payments generally qualify for disability discharges. […]
Continue Reading →Department of Education: Don’t Forget Borrowers with Disabilities and Grieving Parents
October 01, 2015
by Ella Halpine
Today, the Department of Education released a new report outlining a series of statutory, regulatory, and administrative recommendations in response to President Obama’s Student Aid Bill of Rights. There are […]
Continue Reading →Where is the sense of urgency in student loan servicing reform?
September 30, 2015
It has been busy lately in the student loan servicing arena. State and federal regulators have begun to wake up to the rampant problems caused by sloppy, inaccurate, and incompetent […]
Continue Reading →What is the Government Doing to Provide Relief for For-Profit School Students?
August 26, 2015
We wrote in a previous post about our coalition letter to the Department of Education’s “Special Master”, urging him to create a fair and accessible “defense to repayment” process for […]
Continue Reading →Senators Find Major Holes in the Department of Education’s Servicer Investigation
August 12, 2015
United States Senators Blumenthal, Murray and Warren sent a letter to the Department of Education in May requesting information about the Department’s reviews of servicers’ compliance with the Servicemembers Civil […]
Continue Reading →The Key Characteristics of a Defense-to-Repayment Process that is Fair and Accessible to Borrowers
August 03, 2015
by Ella Halpine
Over a year after the National Consumer Law Center and other borrower advocates first began calling on the Department of Education to relieve the heavy debt burdens of students harmed […]
Continue Reading →Making Student Loan Servicing Work for Borrowers
July 14, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asked for comments on student loan servicing a few months ago. Thousands of borrowers and their advocates responded before yesterday’s deadline, highlighting again and […]
Continue Reading →Helping Disabled Borrowers Find Relief
July 10, 2015
The Obama Administration announced a number of relief options for borrowers this week, including new ways to help disabled borrowers. This has been overshadowed by other news on student loans this […]
Continue Reading →CFPB Asks Borrowers for Information about Student Loan Servicing–Deadline is July 13
June 18, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched a public inquiry into student loan servicing practices. The issues that the Bureau is seeking information on include: industry practices that create […]
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Important Note: On June 24, 2024, two court decisions temporarily blocked parts of the SAVE Plan from taking effect. These decisions may change borrowers’ rights and access to certain benefits, including repayment plans. We will update this website with more details on how this will impact borrowers soon. Visit here for more information.
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