Resources & Litigation
In a letter, more than 220 organizations representing students, workers, and people of color called on President Biden to extend the pause on federal student loan payments set to expire on December 31, 2022, and utilize every legal authority available to enact debt relief.
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In a letter to the Consumer Bankers Association, advocates demand that the organization abandon its bad-faith legal action against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Congress passed the Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 (STOP) to crack down on debt relief scammers while protecting borrowers’ access to legal counsel; ED has failed to fully implement.
A coalition of 134 diverse advocacy organizations urge Biden to extend and expand the PSLF Waiver and IDR Adjustment programs.
This memo examines how the U.S. Department of Education’s efforts to remedy the failures of Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) could and should ensure that Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) borrowers get the full benefit of the adjustment.
In a letter to the CFPB, the SBPC and Dr. Stephanie Hall of The Century Foundation call on the CFPB to protect borrowers from predatory practices by OPMs. A recent GAO report revealed that ED is failing to supervise the market.
552 community, civil rights, education, climate, health, consumer, labor, professional, food and farm, and student advocacy organizations urge the Biden Administration to immediately cancel student loan debt via executive action.
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.
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.
This memo lays out how unwieldy Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) requirements such as annual recertification contribute to blocking borrowers from accessing relief.