This page provides background and links about income-driven repayment for reporters, policymakers, and the general public.
Recent Work
The Debt is in the Details: A Review of Existing Proposals to Streamline Income-Driven Repayment
This brief reviews the details of major proposals from policy makers and policy organizations to streamline and reform income-driven repayment of federal student loans. The brief identifies encouraging consensus on a number of important details, as well as some areas of remaining divergence.
Learn moreA Popular Student Loan Fix Has Been Stalled for Years. It’s Time to Act.
Multi-year consent is a common-sense, low-cost fix that would go a long way toward ensuring that borrowers in an IDR plan are able to keep making income-based payments without interruption. As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of IDR, it’s long past time to eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic barriers to affordable student loan payments, and we urge Congress to implement multi-year consent without delay.
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