The SBPC, as part of the Student Loan Law Initiative at University of California, Irvine School of Law, released a report, Revisiting Debt Relief, featuring contributions from leading student loan experts and advocates examining the Biden Administration’s progress on its promise to deliver student relief, and offering a roadmap for what can be done in the year ahead to help borrowers. While over 650,000 borrowers have had their student debts eliminated, tens of millions more are struggling under the weight of debts that the Biden administration has pledged to cancel.
The report’s recommendations, which build on last year’s report, Delivering on Debt Relief, complement widespread calls by advocates and elected officials for President Biden to immediately deliver broad-based debt cancellation for all student loan borrowers.
Read the Report: Revisiting Debt Relief: Scoring Biden Administration Actions to Cancel Student Debt on Day One and Beyond
Read the Press Release: SBPC Releases Proposals for Immediate Action to Deliver Critical Student Debt Relief
- Revisiting Relief for Borrowers Waiting for Income-Driven Repayment
Persis Yu, Policy Director & Managing Counsel, SBPC
- Revisiting Relief for Borrowers with a Defense to Repayment
Eileen Connor, Director, Harvard’s Project on Predatory Student Lending
- Revisiting Relief for Borrowers Working in Public Service
Mike Pierce, Executive Director, SBPC
- Revisiting Relief for Borrowers With Disabilities
Bethany Lilly, Director of Income Policy, The Arc of the United States & John Whitelaw, Advocacy Director, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (Delaware)
- Revisiting Relief for Students Harmed by School Closures
Robyn Smith, Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center
- Revisiting Relief for Borrowers Who Fall Through the Cracks in Discharge Programs
Winston Berkman-Breen, Policy Counsel, SBPC & Claire Torchiana, Counsel, SBPC
- Revisiting Relief for the Taxation of Student Loan Discharge and Cancellation
John R. Brooks, Professor of Law, Fordham School of Law
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