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Series of amicus curiae briefs show that student debt relief is lawful and urgently needed to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The letters are helping "folks understand a bit better why they haven't had their debts forgiven yet," noted Mike Pierce, executive director of the advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center. "That doesn't completely do away with the very real economic anxiety that people with student loans feel at this moment."

Amid a fierce court battle to protect student debt relief for tens of millions, President Biden offers breathing room for working families

A team of researchers released the results of a groundbreaking analysis revealing the massive personal benefits that student loan borrowers enjoy as they approach and, in particular, as they achieve debt cancellation through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

On Monday, 225 organizations led by the Student Borrower Protection Center sent a letter to Biden calling on him to extend the pause on student-loan payments beyond its current expiration date of December 31. Two conservative lawsuits have blocked indefinitely the president's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student...

As Republican-appointed judges block relief from millions, federal student loan payments set to resume in fewer than 45 days, advocates warn restarting payments before fully implementing debt cancellation will lead to economic catastrophe.

SBPC and the American Federation of Teachers wrote to MOHELA in October asking the organization to withdraw from the suit. In the letter they warned that participating in the suit puts the MOHELA at risk of violating a California law regulating student loan servicers in that state.That’s because the law bans these...

“Servicers need to do a better job at articulating the world as it is to borrowers,” Student Borrower Protection Center’s (SBPC) Executive Director and Managing Counsel Persis Yu told The Hill. “One of the things we’ve seen historically is that with these announcements, instead of saying something as simple as...

“For years, federal student loan borrowers in financial distress have sought relief from crushing debt loads through bankruptcy courts, only to be defeated by the Departments’ policies and litigation choices,” said Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) Deputy Executive Director Persis Yu in a statement. “Borrowers deserve a consistent and predictable...

Today, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice announced new guidance for when the government should allow a student loan borrower who has filed bankruptcy to be relieved of a federal student loan debt.