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  • Press Releases
    Jun 11, 2026

    New Report Shows Trump’s Deadline Will Thrust Millions of Student Loan Borrowers into Broken and Corrupt Servicing System

    Millions of SAVE borrowers will be forced to switch plans soon, setting up a dysfunctional servicing system to fail borrowers once again.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 4, 2026

    House Appropriations Subcommittee Unveils Annual Funding Bill that Guts Federal Student Loan Programs that Help Working Families Pay for College

    Today, the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services unveiled their annual funding proposal for Fiscal Year 2027. The bill proposes massive cuts to the Department of Education and several crucial student aid programs, including the elimination of Federal subsidized loans which provide low-to-middle-income undergraduate students access to interest-free student loans while the student is enrolled in school and six months directly after they leave their program.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 4, 2026

    ‘Affordable NYC Now’ Proposes New Ideas to Hold Corporations Accountable and Lower Costs in New York City

    The Century Foundation, Protect Borrowers, and partners continue their push for ready-to-go policy solutions for Mamdani Administration.

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  • Press Releases
    May 28, 2026

    Representative Maxwell Frost Joins Forces with Central Florida Jobs with Justice, Protect Borrowers to Convene “Fighting for the American Dream: A Conversation on Household Debt and How Today’s Economy is Pushing Homeownership Out of Reach”

    Roundtable convenes dozens of community members, union leaders, advocates and local elected officials to discuss local debt and the affordability crisis in Orlando.

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  • Press Releases
    May 21, 2026

    Deputy Mayor Julie Su, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Councilmember Harvey Epstein Headline Policy Summit on Affordability in NYC, Hosted by Century Foundation & Protect Borrowers

    NEW DATA: Debt in NYC is squeezing working class families as the affordability crisis worsens.

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  • Press Releases
    May 20, 2026

    Senate Fails to Advance Congressional Review Act Resolution to Overturn Unlawful Rule Empowering Secretary McMahon to Punish States, Cities, Civil Society Opposing Trump Administration’s Right-Wing Agenda

    The rule comes as the Trump Administration has used the power of the federal government to target and investigate cities, states and Civil Society organizations working to support our most vulnerable communities and push back against the Trump Administration’s culture war. 

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  • Press Releases
    May 13, 2026

    Campaign for California Borrowers’ Rights Applauds Governor Newsom’s Appointment of Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to Lead New Statewide Consumer Agency

    Former CFPB Director Chopra will be charged with protecting borrowers and consumers amidst growing affordability crisis.

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  • Press Releases
    May 12, 2026

    American Families Hit Record Levels of Financial Distress as Millions Fall Behind on Credit Cards, Auto Loans, and Student Loans

    New data from FRBNY shows household consumer debts at all-time highs.

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  • Press Releases
    May 6, 2026

    NEW STUDY: 86 Million Americans Now Carry a Record $1.68 Trillion in Auto Debt Amid Tariff and Gas Price Crunch, Debt Up Nearly 40% Since 2018

    The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers released a report showing that 86 million Americans owe $1.68 trillion in auto loan debt, its highest level ever recorded.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 9, 2026

    ICYMI: Little Hoover Commission Convenes Historic Hearing on California Institutional Debt Crisis Locking Students Out of a Higher Education

    Bipartisan, independent citizens-legislative commissioners express grave concerns over lack of transparency, accountability, and consumer protections in underregulated institutional debt crisis.

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