In August, the Department announced that it would automatically discharge the loans of over 323,000 disabled borrowers. These borrowers were identified through a matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA). This announcement follows the Department’s 2019 decision to automatically discharge the loans of veterans with a service-connected disability. The VA auto discharge program is […]

On July 1, 2020 the Department of Education’s newest borrower defense rules went into effect and made it much harder for defrauded borrowers to get loan relief. The Department of Education falsely claimed that it needed new rules to guard against students’ “frivolous” claims, even though it provided no evidence that students were submitting frivolous […]

By Jane Greengold Stevens and Danielle Tarantolo, Co-Directors of Special Litigation Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group This post originally appeared on http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59a870f5e4b0d0c16bb523c2 and http://nylag.org/blog/2017/08/relief-in-sight-for-defrauded-student-borrowers. Former students who attended the “Wilfred Beauty Academy” in the late 1980s and ‘90s should keep an eye on their mail. Guaranty agencies, servicers, and the U.S. Department of Education are beginning to […]