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  • Blogs
    Jun 8, 2026

    House Appropriators Looking to Rob Peter to Pay Pell…Yet Again

    Last week, House Appropriators unveiled their budget proposal to fund the Department of Education (ED), among other agencies for the fiscal year (FY) 2027. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill, scheduled to be marked up on Tuesday, includes massive cuts to several crucial student aid programs.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 8, 2026

    How Trump allies turned a consumer watchdog into a political weapon

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  • News Clips
    Jun 8, 2026

    Trump faces renewed push to cancel student debt for eligible borrowers and stop the transfer of accounts to the Treasury

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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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  • News Clips
    Jun 4, 2026

    Democratic-led states sue to block student loan caps by Trump administration

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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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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    Check your rent bill: You could be paying a monthly fee for a service you didn’t know you signed up for

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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    CFPB directs Bilt to reimburse customers affected by card transition

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  • News Clips
    Jun 3, 2026

    As Funding for Graduate Degrees Shrinks, Your Future Income May Decide Your Student Loan Access

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  • News Clips
    Jun 2, 2026

    Qué cambios hay en préstamos federales desde el 1 de julio

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  • News Clips
    Jun 1, 2026

    Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Lets Big Businesses Out of Tens of Millions Owed to Customers

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  • News Clips
    Jun 1, 2026

    Trump is changing how people pay for school. Here’s what you should know

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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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