Trump Administration deliberately mishandled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, leaving over 90,000 borrowers in the lurch.
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Broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, local governments, and labor unions successfully stop unlawful effort to punish perceived political opponents.
Citing new research from Protect Borrowers and Columbia Law School’s Center for Law and the Economy, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection moves to ban doom loops and other abuses.
Today, The Washington Sun reported a secret plan by the U.S. Department of Education to eject the Office of Federal Student Aid, establishing the government’s scandal-plagued student loan arm as a new, independent federal agency.
Speakers addressed rising student, credit card, auto, and medical debt and highlighted a medical debt bill moving through the Colorado legislature.
A new joint issue brief urges state enforcers and private plaintiffs to use existing law against chatbots that give wrong answers, trap customers in “doom loops,” or fail to fix problems.
The POWER Act will allow tenants, workers, consumers, and small businesses to sue over unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices.
Analysis shows borrowers in the south will see the largest tax increases.
New analysis of consumer credit data finds debt payments now claim 10 percent of household after-tax income; Real debt payments have increased by nearly 15 percent in three years.
Initial recommendations include calls for California colleges to end use of enrollment holds that keep students from completing their college education, halt use of state tax refund offset and increase transparency.