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“The Department of Education is putting the burden on student loan borrowers to navigate this complicated mess quickly or face sky-high bills...it’s leaving people to fend for themselves in the midst of a deepening affordability crisis.” #DefendStudents @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...
“This abrupt change is going to cause hardship for millions of people who are already struggling to manage rising costs … we’re going to see a lot more people default in the coming year,” said Abby Shafroth @nclc4consumers.bsky.social. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/department-b...
“The last thing student loan borrowers need is more chaos from the federal government,” said Kyra Taylor, a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents via @nytimes.com & @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/23/b...
“The last thing student loan borrowers need is more chaos from the federal government,” said Kyra Taylor @nclc4consumers.bsky.social. @stacycowley.bsky.social @nytimes.com #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...
“Families relied on the SAVE plan to afford student loan payments while managing the rising costs of rent, groceries, childcare, and healthcare. By eliminating SAVE, the Department is pulling the rug out from under these families." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/elimination-...
"Parent PLUS borrowers with low incomes or high student loan burdens will not have a good option to reduce their payments to a more affordable amount," according to NCLC's Student Loan Borrower Assistance program. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @freep.com www.freep.com/story/money/...
"The court has given the Department a golden opportunity to do right by people struggling with the staggering cost of living and crippling student loan debt," said Abby Shafroth at NCLC. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents via @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/student-loan...
“The court has given the @usdeptofed.bsky.social a golden opportunity to do right by people struggling with the staggering cost of living & crippling student loan debt,” said Abby Shafroth, NCLC's managing director of advocacy. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.theeduledger.com/students/art...
“Legal aid organizations have seen firsthand how student loan rules and practices can push struggling families into default. Without proper implementation, these new rules could force people to pay more than they should." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/legal-aid-gr...
Student loan default is hitting a lot of borrowers at exactly the wrong moment. NCLC's Kyra Taylor will join a March 5 conversation with the Asset Funders Network on what’s driving default, who’s most at risk, and where philanthropy can step in. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents
The announcement throws a lifeline to working and middle class families.
Student loan borrowers are buckling under the weight of outdated student loan policies that don’t reflect today’s high cost of living and affordability crisis. #DefendStudents via @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Dial Before You File! Student loan borrowers in default can call the Treasury Offset Program to determine if their tax refund is slated for seizure to cover unpaid debts. The Number: 800-304-3107 studentloanborrowerassistance.org/tax-refund/ #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents
“Today’s announcement throws a lifeline to working and middle class families who are buckling under the weight of outdated student loan policies that don’t reflect today’s high cost of living and affordability crisis." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/department-o...
“Student loan borrowers continue to pay the price for MOHELA’s systemic loan servicing failures. While time has passed since we filed our initial complaint, time itself could not resolve the harm MOHELA inflicts on vulnerable borrowers." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/mohela-hit-w...
Don’t lose your tax refund- dial before you file! If you have federal student loans in default the gov’t could take your tax refund to pay the debt. Call the Treasury Offset Program today to check your status. For more: studentloanborrowerassistance.org/tax-refund/ #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents
Shafroth urges people to check if their tax refund is at risk before filing by calling the Treasury Offset Program Hotline to see if they've been flagged & potentially resolve issues to keep their refund. @scrippsnews.bsky.social #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/educ...
As borrowers prepare to file their taxes, they should first check if their federal student loans are in default and take extra precautions—or potentially risk having their tax refunds seized. @borrowerjustice.bsky.social #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/advocates-re...
The Department of Education will not permit anyone else to enroll in SAVE or forgive any loans through the SAVE Plan (or the plan that SAVE replaced, called REPAYE), and it will deny any pending applications. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents
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Payments for SAVE borrowers have been paused for more than a year because of litigation, and borrowers may struggle to readjust to making payments, said Abby Shafroth at NCLC. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤.” #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/b...
“While the U.S. Department of Education fails to follow through on its promise to provide automatic relief to people who borrowed student loans to attend Westwood, borrowers are left in limbo." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents defendstudents.org/all/senator-...
If you have Parent PLUS loans and want access to more affordable monthly payments, 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 – before 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.
If you don’t act in time, then your Parent PLUS loans will be locked out of IDR plans. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents studentloanborrowerassistance.org/do-you-have-...
“While Congress made all borrowers eligible for I.B.R. this summer, the Dept. of Ed has not yet implemented this legal change, meaning at least some borrowers who should be eligible for I.B.R. now are being denied." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
“Recent changes to student loan repayment options make it harder than ever for student loan borrowers to decipher their options...The goal of this video series is to make it easy for borrowers to understand their options." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/nclc-launche...
If a student loan borrower is in default, the Education Department can direct employers to withhold up to 15% of a delinquent borrower’s disposable pay until the loan is paid off or is no longer in default status. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @fortune.com fortune.com/2025/08/29/s...
“The most important thing borrowers can do before administrative wage garnishment restarts is to log into studentaid.gov to check whether their federal student loans are in default & take steps now to remove them from default." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @apnews.com apnews.com/article/wage...
"It has sort of quietly come out that IBR is still not giving people cancellation," Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at NCLC told ABC News. "The Department of Education really has to own this and fix it." #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents #ProtectConsumers abcnews.go.com/Politics/stu...
“Pulling back relief options for already overburdened students is bait and switch and just plain cruel,” said Kyra Taylor at NCLC. “Congress should be working to ensure student loan debt doesn’t follow low-income borrowers to the grave.” #ProtectConsumers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/low-income-c...
“Defaulting on your federal student loans can have serious consequences,” said Anna Anderson, staff attorney at NCLC. “Our videos explain to borrowers what to do if their loans are in default to get relief and stop collections.” #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/nclc-launche...
The Department of Ed. can deliver for Social Security recipients by formalizing the pause on seizures and implementing a policy of protecting at least 150% of the Federal Poverty Line in benefits from seizure when it resumes collections. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents www.nclc.org/department-o...
Student loan debt among older people has grown at a staggering rate, in part due to rising tuitions that have forced more people to borrow greater sums. People 60+ hold $125 billion+ in student loans. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents @civilbeat.bsky.social www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/stud...
