Memos/Issue Briefs

This issue brief examines how debt owed by students directly to schools presents unique challenges, and how Washington can provide relief to students and borrowers burdened by these debts as part of the overall higher education response to COVID.

This issue brief details how for-profit schools work with third-party companies to skirt accountability requirements designed to protect borrowers who attended schools with high default rates.

In an issue brief, the SBPC, U.S. PIRG, and Consumer Action outline key steps the CFPB can take to expand and enhance its complaint tool, including the agency’s public complaint database.

In a memo, the SBPC, explains why servicers should automatically implement payment relief and protections for distressed borrowers across their entire loan portfolios in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In an issue brief, the SBPC, outlines the gaps in knowledge of the private student loan market, the harms those gaps induce, and the specific steps that the CFPB needs to take to address them.

In an issue brief, the SBPC shows how private student loan collection practices are harming borrowers across the country — with a spotlight on Maryland borrowers.