Letters

In a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, the SBPC, Equal Justice Works, and 95 other advocacy organizations, call on ED to conduct an immediate 90 day review of the PSLF program and cancel the student loan debt of all public service workers who have completed ten or more...

In a letter sent to the Commissioner Alvarez, the Campaign for California Borrowers' Rights—a coalition of advocacy organizations committed to protecting student loan borrowers—calls on the newly created California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation to use its authorities to engage in diligent supervision, proactive enforcement, deliberate rulemaking, and smart...

In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, 34 advocacy organizations, led by the SBPC and Americans for Financial Reform, called on the Committee to swiftly confirm FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra as the next Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Citing Chopra’s decade-plus of experience fighting for...

In a letter to Acting Secretary of Education Philip Rosenfelt, the SBPC and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) urged immediate action to assist millions of student loan borrowers forgotten by Washington during COVID.

The SBPC sent a letter to the urging that any efforts focused on removing barriers to societal equity must acknowledge the racially disparate effects of the student debt crisis and the decades-long failure to effectively regulate the student loan industry.

The SBPC sent a letter to the CFPB warning of troubling business practices and possible borrower harm by Climb Credit, a specialty lender that provides financing for education and vocational training courses.

The SBPC, Allied Progress, Americans for Financial Reform, and Student Debt Crisis sent letters to the CEO of PayPal, Inc. and its regulators warning that the tech firm may be driving significant harm to borrowers attending for-profit schools.

In a letter sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the SBPC, the National Consumer Law Center, and Americans for Financial Reform, call on the CFPB to better protect consumers during the transition away from LIBOR.

In a letter sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, advocates, led by the SBPC and Americans for Financial Reform, oppose any effort to shield colleges from legal liability if they fail to protect the health and safety of students and workers.

The Student Borrower Protection Center, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, and the National Consumer Law Center sent a letter to the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, which is managing the transition away from LIBOR, raising key borrower protection concerns.