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April 26, 2022 New lawsuit calls attention to languishing Borrower Defense group applications WASHINGTON – Today, Student Defense, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, and the National Consumer Law Center filed a lawsuit against U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and the Department of Education on behalf of student loan borrowers with unresolved Borrower Defense to…
April 7, 2022 The System is Still Broken: 115+ Organizations Renew Push for the Biden Administration to Aid Millions of Student Loan Borrowers with Overdue Reforms to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) IDR program has failed borrowers worse than previously known to the public, organizations contend, calling on the Education Secretary to fulfill broken promises WASHINGTON —…
April 6, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, in response to the Department of Education’s announcement that it will extend the student loan payment pause through August 31 and that it will remove federal student borrowers from default and give them a fresh start in repayment when the pause ends, Abby Shafroth, interim director of the National…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2021 Download the full report, a map, charts on state student protection funds (SPFs), and a SPF evaluation checklist for advocates and legislators at: http://bit.ly/state-tuition-fraud-info Boston – When a college education is cut short by a school closure or a school engages in fraud, the students and their families suffer…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 23, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) released a policy report illustrating a path out of the student debt crisis and proposing solutions for a more equitable and efficient higher education system. Road to Relief: Supporting Federal Student Loan…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 15, 2020 Congress Must Act to Stop Snatching of Earned Income Tax Credits Boston – This Tax Day, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) has released Voices of Despair: How Seizing the EITC Is Leaving Student Loan Borrowers Homeless and Hopeless During a Pandemic. The updated report builds on a 2018…