President Biden announces federal student loan forgiveness, providing relief to 160,000 students and eliminating $7.7 billion in debt for specific borrower groups.
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New Student Loan Forgiveness Eligibility: President Joe Biden recently announced a new round of federal student loan forgiveness, offering much-needed relief to 160,000 students in a substantial attempt to reduce student debt.
The Department of Education’s program will eliminate $7.7 billion in student loan debt for particular borrower groups, which is a crucial first step in the ongoing fight against student debt.
Three primary groups are the focus of the most recent round of student loan forgiveness:
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To be eligible, borrowers in this category must have made qualifying payments for ten years.
Through the PSLF program, about 67,000 borrowers will have $5.2 billion forgiven in this round.
The goal of this method is to stop loan interest from accruing, which would otherwise cause debt levels to skyrocket.
Under this scheme, $613 million in loans will be forgiven for over 54,000 borrowers.
These changes correct past loan servicer mismanagement that obstructed borrowers’ routes to forgiveness.
39,000 borrowers fall into this category and will have $1.9 billion forgiven.
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The Biden administration has ensured that those eligible for this round of debt cancellation will receive direct email notifications from them.
Following approval, the following weeks will see the debt cancellation procedure completed.
Even though there are problems, like the Supreme Court’s choice last year to turn down a more comprehensive debt relief plan, the Biden administration is still committed to lowering student debt.
According to the Higher Education Act, the government is currently working on a new plan that would help an extra 30 million students.
Those who borrowed money can now join the SAVE plan. By adjusting regular payments based on family size and income, this method greatly helps low-income families.
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