For Immediate Release: Sept. 9, 2019 Boston – On Tuesday, September 10, at 10 a.m. ET, National Consumer Law Center attorney and Director of NCLC’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project Persis Yu will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services at the hearing, “A $1.5 Trillion Crisis: Protecting Student Borrowers and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2019 BOSTON- Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the Department of Education’s process for verifying income and family size when determining income-driven repayment amounts. For student loan borrowers struggling to repay their loans, income-driven repayment (IDR) plans are a lifeline that helps millions of people stay…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2019 Boston – Today marks the introduction of the second of two bills designed to help Americans burdened with student loan debt. Today, U.S. Senator Warren and Representative Clyburn introduced the Student Loan Debt Relief Act. Last month, the Student Debt Cancellation Act was introduced by US. Senator Sanders (S.1947)…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 1, 2019 National Consumer Law Center Files FOIA to Find out on 25th Anniversary of Borrowers Participating in Income-Driven Repayment Plans Download NCLC’s FOIA request at: http://bit.ly/foia-ann Boston — On July 1, 1994, the U.S. Education Department launched its first Income-Driven Repayment Plan, designed to allow student loan borrowers to keep…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2019 BOSTON – Last week, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair Lamar Alexander proposed a program that would require student loan borrowers to repay their loans through mandatory automatic deductions from their paychecks. The National Consumer Law Center released a policy brief, The Dark Side of…
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