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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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  • Blogs
    May 28, 2026

    A Small Bank IPO Shows Another Way Trump is Putting Millions of Students at Risk

    BankMobile is on the march just as oversight has disappeared.

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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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  • Fact Sheets
    May 26, 2026

    Fact Sheet: Affordability in Orlando, Florida

    The fact sheet includes data on student loan, credit card, and auto debt for borrowers in the Orlando metropolitan area of Florida.

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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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  • May 21, 2026

    Affordable NYC Now

    An agenda to lower costs, hold corporations accountable, and make government work for New Yorkers.

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  • Reports
    May 21, 2026

    Report PDF: Affordable NYC Now

    Read the report, “Affordable NYC Now: Proposals to Lower Costs, Hold Corporations Accountable, and Make Government Work.”

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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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  • Blogs
    May 19, 2026

    So Much for Saving on a Valuable Education: What Borrowers Need to Know Now That SAVE Is No Longer An Option

    The SAVE plan has ended, and soon borrowers will need to reenter repayment.

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  • Fact Sheets
    May 19, 2026

    Student Loan State Resources

    Want to know more about resources available to student loan borrowers in your state? This page is for you.

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  • Blogs
    May 14, 2026

    Mega-Bank Race for Wealthy Credit Card Users Boosts Prices for All of Us

    Bank size correlates to swipe fee inflation and drives upward wealth redistribution.

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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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  • Letters & Memos
    May 11, 2026

    Protect Borrowers & AFR Memo on May 2026 Senate Resolutions to Block CFPB Rollbacks

    This memo provides a list of the specific Senate resolutions that have been filed and will be voted on in response to the Trump-Vought CFPB efforts to roll back critical protections and abandon consumers.

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  • Blogs
    May 7, 2026

    Discrimination by Private Student Lenders is Right Out in the Open

    This was always the plan but regulators shouldn’t accept it.

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  • Letters & Memos
    May 7, 2026

    LDF, Protect Borrowers Letter on College Ave to American Fintech Council

    Protect Borrowers joined LDF to send a letter warning that fintech lender College Ave’s new graduate loan product may violate fair lending and civil rights laws.

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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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  • Fact Sheets Reports
    May 6, 2026

    Report and Fact Sheets: How Rising Auto Loan Costs and Debt are Driving Americans Deeper Into the Red

    A report and analysis of consumer credit data by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrow reveals that having a car has become increasingly unaffordable, driving millions of Americans into financial distress. Much of this has been driven or worsened by Trump’s chaotic economic agenda and war with Iran.

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  • Blogs
    Apr 23, 2026

    Who Protects Students When the School Is the Lender?

    Trump’s changes to higher ed finance expose more risks.

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