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Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics
The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.
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Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed
See here to read Mark Huelsman’s November 6, 2025 testimony.
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Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB
Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers outline the more than 40 public enforcement actions against Wall Street banks, Big Tech firms, and other corporations that have been dismissed or rolled back under the Trump Administration and Acting Director Russell Vought.
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Latest Work
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Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics
The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.
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Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed
See here to read Mark Huelsman’s November 6, 2025 testimony.
More
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Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB
Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers outline the more than 40 public enforcement actions against Wall Street banks, Big Tech firms, and other corporations that have been dismissed or rolled back under the Trump Administration and Acting Director Russell Vought.
More
Latest Work
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Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics
The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.
More
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Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed
See here to read Mark Huelsman’s November 6, 2025 testimony.
More
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Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB
Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers outline the more than 40 public enforcement actions against Wall Street banks, Big Tech firms, and other corporations that have been dismissed or rolled back under the Trump Administration and Acting Director Russell Vought.
More
Latest Work
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Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics
The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.
More
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Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed
See here to read Mark Huelsman’s November 6, 2025 testimony.
More
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Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB
Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers outline the more than 40 public enforcement actions against Wall Street banks, Big Tech firms, and other corporations that have been dismissed or rolled back under the Trump Administration and Acting Director Russell Vought.
More
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Borrower Voices on the Incomplete Promise of Relief through IDR: Deferments after 2013
This memo addresses how the federal government’s proposal for remedying the failures of IDR only partially addresses borrower struggles with being steered into deferment before and after 2013.
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Poll: Overwhelming, Bipartisan Majorities of Young Voters Want President Biden to Cancel Student Debt for Everyone
SBPC poll finds that 71 percent of likely voters ages 18-34 support student debt cancellation for all borrowers; 56 percent of Republican younger voters support cancellation; Younger voters with no debt support cancellation by a 3:1 margin.
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Poll: Hours Before Major Hearing, Latest Tracking Poll Shows Significant Federal Action on Student Debt Remains Consistently Popular Among Likely Voters
As Biden contemplates an imminent decision on student debt relief and the Senate Banking Committee prepares for a major student loan-focused hearing featuring SBPC Executive Director Mike Pierce, SBPC and Data for Progress release the latest in a series of polls tracking the impact of student debt on American families.
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Borrower Voices on the Incomplete Promise of Relief through IDR: Missing and Inaccurate Loan Payment Histories
This memo details how the Administration’s remedy to the failures of Income-Driven Repayment (IDR)—an IDR Account Adjustment—is predicated on the myth that borrowers have full and accurate payment history records.
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Advocates Sound Alarm on Industry’s Implementation of Changes to IDR
The SBPC, National Consumer Law Center, Student Debt Crisis Center, and Center for Responsible Lending wrote to the Education Finance Council, National Council of Higher Education Resources, and Student Loan Servicing Alliance regarding recently announced to income-driven repayment.
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Comment on Debt Collection Authorities Under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
SBPC’s comment urges action to ensure that the most vulnerable student loan borrowers are protected from harmful collection practices by the Treasury.
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Memo: Transcript and diploma withholding
States have an opportunity to ban transcript and diploma withholding at academic institutions, allowing students to access documentation of their earned credits and move forward with their educations and careers.
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Borrower Voices on the Incomplete Promise of Relief through IDR: Recertification
This memo lays out how unwieldy Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) requirements such as annual recertification contribute to blocking borrowers from accessing relief.
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Advocates Call on CFPB to Eliminate the Junk Fees Harming Students
SBPC and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund call on the CFPB to use its broad authorities over enforcement, supervision, and regulation in the consumer financial services marketplace to investigate and eradicate junk fees.
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