Advocacy

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 letters sent to a dozen large private student loan companies, the SBPC and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), urge the companies to take steps to mitigate harm to private student loan borrowers caused by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

In letters sent to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, and student loan industry CEOs, the SBPC and American Federation of Teachers (AFT), demand action to protect student loan borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

In a letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the SBPC and Student Veterans of America (SVA), urges the Department of Education to abandon a policy intended to obstruct oversight by agencies charged with enforcing law that protect military borrowers including the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

In a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, the SBPC and a wide range of civil rights organizations urges the CFPB to utilize its critical enforcement and supervision tools to protect borrowers from discrimination in the student loan industry.

In a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, the SBPC and labor unions, demand the CFPB utilize its authorities to protect student loan borrowers working in public service.