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  • News Clips
    Oct 12, 2023

    Federal regulator investigating whether student-loan servicer is collecting on debt discharged in bankruptcy

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  • News Clips
    Oct 11, 2023

    How to complain about your upcoming student loan bill

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  • News Clips
    Oct 7, 2023

    Rollout of Biden’s new student loan repayment plan hits early snags

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  • Press Releases
    Oct 5, 2023

    Advocates Release New Roadmap to Rein in Student Loan Industry Abuses As Loan Payments Resume for Millions

    Experts and enforcement officials weigh in on rocky start to loan repayment, advocates warn loan companies: deliver debt relief or face litigation.

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  • News Clips
    Oct 5, 2023

    Student loan borrowers are facing “nightmare” customer service issues, prompting outcry from states

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  • Reports
    Oct 5, 2023

    Delivering Distress: How Student Loan Companies Cheat Borrowers Out of Their Rights

    Read our Delivering Distress paper series tat lays out a new roadmap for action against unjust and unlawful collection efforts by the nation’s largest student loan companies. 

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  • News Clips
    Oct 4, 2023

    Borrowers brace for tough budget choices after student loan payments resume | Nightline

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  • News Clips
    Oct 4, 2023

    Biden touts record on student debt relief after canceling $9B more in loans

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  • News Clips
    Oct 1, 2023

    Student loan payments restarted on Oct. 1. Here’s what to know

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  • News Clips
    Sep 29, 2023

    City of Tulsa offers student loan information sessions

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  • News Clips
    Sep 28, 2023

    Student loans: Democrat calls for payment freeze if the government shuts down

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  • News Clips
    Sep 28, 2023

    Student Loan Borrowers Face ‘Catastrophe’ In Days As Forgiveness, Repayment Threatened By Shutdown

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 27, 2023

    As House Republicans Fail to Fund the Federal Government, Advocates Call on the Biden Administration to Halt Planned Restart of Student Loan Payments

    Student loan borrowers already face widespread abuses by student loan companies; shutdown “will be a catastrophe.”

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  • News Clips
    Sep 27, 2023

    They Quit Their Jobs. Their Ex-Employers Sued Them for Training Costs.

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  • Blogs
    Sep 22, 2023

    Dropped Calls, Hours on Hold, and Unanswered Questions: Student Loan Borrower Call-In Day Shows Servicers Are Alarmingly Unprepared to Return to Repayment

    On September 14, SBPC hosted a day of action wherein student loan borrowers across the country were encouraged to call their student loan servicers and report out their experiences. Next month, the Department of Education is requiring 43 million borrowers to make payments on their federal student loans after three and a half years.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 21, 2023

    Student-loan payments are about to resume. Defaults are expected to follow

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 21, 2023

    20 Cities and Counties Call on President Biden to Swiftly Deliver Promised Debt Relief, Protect Borrowers and Communities on the Front Lines of the Student Debt Crisis

    Cities offer dire warning: resuming payments without a path to broad-based student debt relief would cause catastrophic wave of borrower distress and local economic instability.

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  • Letters & Memos
    Sep 21, 2023

    Cities and Counties Urge Swift Action to Enact New Student Debt Relief Plan

    On behalf of more than 1.2 million student loan borrowers with nearly $50B in student debt, a coalition of 20 cities and counties urge President Biden to swiftly deliver on promised student debt relief.

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 20, 2023

    Panel Series | Delivering Distress: Are Student Loan Companies Cheating Borrowers Out of their Rights? 

    This set of virtual panels examines the different categories of borrowers and the harm—both legal and financial—that they will face when servicers begin collecting on student loans that should no longer exist.

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 19, 2023

    CFPB Rejects Effort by Disgraced Student Loan Company to Rob Borrowers of Bankruptcy Rights

    Newly released documents show Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) sought to block federal inquiry into private student loan collection scheme.

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