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New Law Makes Changes to Student Loan Repayment: What Borrowers Need to Know

How the FUTURE Act Improves the Federal Financial Aid System

A Popular Student Loan Fix Has Been Stalled for Years. It’s Time to Act

Plans to Streamline Income-Driven Repayment Show Both Overlap and Divergence

Tax penalty hits student loan borrowers in income-driven repayment plans for the first time

Update on Restoration of IRS Data Retrieval Tool for Student Loan Borrowers and FAFSA Applicants

Loss of IRS Data Retrieval Tool Complicates Financial Aid Applications and Student Loan Repayment for Millions

Progress and Bipartisan Agreement on Helping Keep Student Loan Payments Affordable

What looking at forgiven debt doesn’t tell us about the costs of income-driven repayment and federal student loans

The Administration Takes Action to Help More Borrowers Manage Student Debt

New Income-Driven Repayment Plan Now Available for ALL Federal Direct Student Loan Borrowers: REPAYE Caps Payments at 10% of Income

How Does the New REPAYE Plan Compare to Other Income-Driven Plans?

Targeted IBR Outreach Is Underway: Great News for Struggling Borrowers, a Few Tweaks Needed

Income-Driven Repayment Plans are No Substitute for an Interest Rate Cap

Fixes to the Income-Based Repayment program

Income-Based Repayment now Available!