Marginalized Populations

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Older Borrowers

Latino/a borrowers

Black Borrowers

LGBTQ+ Borrowers

Veteran Borrowers

Incarcerated Borrowers

Press Releases

May 27, 2022

Historic Labor and Civil Rights Coalition of 500+ Organizations Calls on Joe Biden to “Immediately” Cancel Student Debt

Organizations from all 50 states demand executive action on student debt as new tracking poll continues to show likely voters support action by 2:1 margin.

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News Clips

Apr 27, 2022

Student loan defaults are a big barrier to prison education. The government is offering new help.

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Letters & Memos

Apr 6, 2022

Older Borrower Voices on the Incomplete Promise of Relief through IDR

This memo highlights how an Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) fix will only provide relief to older borrowers with decades-old loans if it provides credit towards relief for time in default, forbearance, and deferment.

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Press Releases

Mar 24, 2022

New Poll: As Restart of Student Loan Payments Approaches, Vast Majority of Latino Voters Expect Major Shift in Families’ Financial Security

More than 6-in-10 Latino Voters Expect “Major Changes to Saving or Spending” if Payments Resume in Five Weeks; Supermajority of Latino Voters Support Action by President Biden to Extend Payment Pause, Cancel Student Debt

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Polling

Mar 24, 2022

Poll: As Restart of Student Loan Payments Approaches, Vast Majority of Latino Voters Expect Major Shift in Families’ Financial Security

More than 6-in-10 Latino Voters Expect “Major Changes to Saving or Spending” if Payments Resume in Five Weeks; Supermajority of Latino Voters Support Action by President Biden to Extend Payment Pause, Cancel Student Debt

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Press Releases

Feb 28, 2022

New Poll: As Joe Biden Addresses the Nation, Voters of Color Overwhelmingly Support Action to Cancel Student Debt, Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments

A new SBPC-Data for Progress poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.

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Polling

Feb 28, 2022

Poll: New Poll: As Joe Biden Addresses the Nation, Voters of Color Overwhelmingly Support Action to Cancel Student Debt, Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments

This SBPC-Data for Progress poll reveals that more than 6-in-10 likely voters support extending President Biden’s pause on student loan payments, including 70 percent of Black likely voters and 76 percent of Latino and Latina likely voters.

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Blogs

Feb 22, 2022

The End of the Payment Pause is a Civil Rights Issue

As advocates continue to push the Biden Administration to extend the pause on student loan payments, it is crucial that we recognize how ending the payment pause will uniquely impact Black and Latino borrowers.

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Letters & Memos

Dec 8, 2021

More Than 200 Organizations Urge President Biden to Delay Restarting Student Loan Payments

In a letter to President Biden, the SBPC and over 200 organizations call on the administration to extend the pause on student loan payments scheduled to resume for millions of borrowers on January 31, 2022.

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Press Releases

Nov 10, 2021

Upstart, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Student Borrower Protection Center Announce Second in a Series of Reports on Fair Lending

Upstart, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the SBPC today announced the release of the second report from the independent auditor under its groundbreaking agreement to transparently review the fair lending outcomes of Upstart’s model and assess best practices in the use and testing of alternative data in AI lending platforms.

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