Press Releases

Nov 11, 2022

Right-Wing Federal Judge Sides with Extreme Conservative Dark Money on Halting Student Debt, Biden Administration Must Stand Strong on Cancellation

Student Borrower Protection Center calls on President Biden to extend payment pause and use all available legal tools to cancel student debt for 40 million Americans.

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Nov 3, 2022

Statements on Nationwide Injunction Halting Navient’s Scheme to Rob Borrowers of their Bankruptcy Rights

A court issued an injunction temporarily halting a years-long plot by the massive student loan company Navient to cheat borrowers out of their right to loan discharge in bankruptcy.

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Oct 28, 2022

Student Loan Law Initiative Launches New Round of Funding for Groundbreaking Research, New Platform for Emerging Scholars to End the Student Debt Crisis

SLLI is announcing a new round of grant funding to support researchers interested in tackling the student debt crisis and a program to assist emerging scholars in a range of fields interested in conducting novel student loan research.

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Oct 25, 2022

Biden Administration Listens to Borrowers, Grants Last-Minute Reprieve to Millions of Public Service Workers With Student Debt; Action Still Leaves Many Without Path to Debt Relief

Most benefits of the PSLF Waiver, set to expire on Halloween, have been extended for millions of workers through planned overhaul of Income-Driven Repayment.

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Oct 25, 2022

Advocates Demand Consumer Bankers Association Abandon its Shameful Crusade to Defend Discrimination

The SBPC, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, the Debt Collective, Center for Responsible Lending, and Student Debt Crisis Center sent a letter to the Consumer Bankers Association demanding that it abandon its bad-faith legal action against the CFPB.

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Oct 20, 2022

In Victory for Student Loan Borrowers, Federal Judge Rejects Major Legal Challenge to Student Debt Relief

Student Borrower Protection Center leadership praise ruling dismissing right-wing scheme to block student debt relief for 40 million Americans.

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Oct 20, 2022

SBPC Statement on 5th Circuit Decision Regarding CFPB’s Funding

Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center pushes back on reactionary court decision that abandons working people.

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Oct 17, 2022

SBPC on the Launch of Biden’s Historic Student Debt Cancellation Application

The door to transformational debt relief is now officially open, millions have already walked through it and we must ensure no borrower is left behind.

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Oct 11, 2022

Missouri-Based Student Loan Giant Accused of Illegal Loan Servicing Practices, Scheme to Block Student Debt Relief for Millions of Borrowers

AFT and SBPC allege that the sham lawsuit by Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) violates California law and the company is potentially liable for more than $175 billion in damages.

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Oct 11, 2022

As Biden Administration Prepares to Deliver Historic Debt Relief, Student Borrower Protection Center Announces New Hires, Promotions, and Transitions

SBPC announces major personnel changes: Aissa Canchola Bañez as Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Ella Azoulay as Research and Policy Analyst, Brandon Herrera as Communications and Digital Coordinator, Persis Yu now as Deputy Executive Director and Claire Torchiana as SBPC Fellow.

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Press Releases

Right-Wing Federal Judge Sides with Extreme Conservative Dark Money on Halting Student Debt, Biden Administration Must Stand Strong on Cancellation

Statements on Nationwide Injunction Halting Navient’s Scheme to Rob Borrowers of their Bankruptcy Rights

Student Loan Law Initiative Launches New Round of Funding for Groundbreaking Research, New Platform for Emerging Scholars to End the Student Debt Crisis

Biden Administration Listens to Borrowers, Grants Last-Minute Reprieve to Millions of Public Service Workers With Student Debt; Action Still Leaves Many Without Path to Debt Relief

Advocates Demand Consumer Bankers Association Abandon its Shameful Crusade to Defend Discrimination

In Victory for Student Loan Borrowers, Federal Judge Rejects Major Legal Challenge to Student Debt Relief

SBPC Statement on 5th Circuit Decision Regarding CFPB’s Funding

SBPC on the Launch of Biden’s Historic Student Debt Cancellation Application

Missouri-Based Student Loan Giant Accused of Illegal Loan Servicing Practices, Scheme to Block Student Debt Relief for Millions of Borrowers

As Biden Administration Prepares to Deliver Historic Debt Relief, Student Borrower Protection Center Announces New Hires, Promotions, and Transitions

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