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Education Department Blocks All Student Loan Forgiveness For 3 Months
The Education Department has instructed student loan servicers to stop accepting student loan forgiveness applications for 3 months.
Student Loan Borrowers Blocked From Affordable Repayment Plans
The Education Department has pulled down all applications for borrowers seeking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs. Here’s what to know.
Trump administration removes student loan repayment applications from Education Department website
The Trump administration has taken down the applications for popular student loan repayment plans from the U.S. Department of Education's website.
What you need to know about changes to student loan repayment plans
If you have federal student loans and you’re enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan, there are changes you need to know about now.
What Student Loan Borrowers Need to Know About Income-Driven Repayment Plans
The decision to cease applications came after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a temporary block of the Saving for a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan on Feb. 18, siding with a coalition of Republican-led states that sued to block the program.
What Closed Applications For Income-Driven Repayment Plans Mean For Student Loan Borrowers
The Department of Education closed all online applications for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans and loan consolidation, but borrowers should be able to apply by paper.
It could be months before affordable student loan repayment plans return
A memo obtained by The Washington Post shows borrowers could be locked out of all affordable repayment plan options for at least three more months.
Student-loan borrowers struggle to access repayment plans. Advocates worry about ‘chaos.’
The Trump administration’s push for efficiency could result in student-loan borrowers receiving the bare minimum of service just as millions of them need help staying on track.
Online student loan repayment plans temporarily removed
The Trump administration's removal of key student loan applications from the U.S. Department of Education's website has left millions of borrowers in a bind.
The Trump administration blocks student-loan borrowers from online access to decades-old affordable repayment plans
After a federal court upheld a pause on the SAVE plan, the Education Department removed other income-driven repayment ...
Why Are Credit Scores Of Student Loan Borrowers Dropping Up To 200 Points?
Student loan borrowers nationwide are waking up to a harsh new reality: their credit scores are nosediving, sometimes by as ...
Could federal upheaval erase student loan debt? Not so fast
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Steep Drop in Credit Scores Hits Student-Loan Borrowers
About 43% of those who owe payments haven’t resumed making them.
Student Loan Forgiveness Suffers Fatal Blow
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Republican-led states that sued to block Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education ...
Facing Student-Loan Debt Fears, Americans—and Their Communities—Turn to Crowdfunding
KEY TAKEAWAYS Nearly 40,000 individuals and organizations received support for tuition costs and repayment from GoFundMe ...