170,000 borrowers to see student loan debt erased
More than 170,000 borrowers will have their student loan debt erased as part of a years-long class-action battle over about $23 billion in canceled loans.
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450K student loan borrowers eligible for debt relief after court ruling
The Education Department will erase roughly $11 billion in federal student loan debt owed by more than 170,000 borrowers after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to delay relief for students who claimed they were defrauded by their schools.
Student Loan Debt to Be Erased for Tens of Thousands—Here’s Who Is Eligible
More than 170,000 federal student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by their schools are set to have their debts erased after a federal appeals court rejected the Education Department's effort to delay relief.
450,000 defrauded student loan borrowers are eligible for debt relief. How it works.
A years-long legal battle that left hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers in limbo is ending. After a recent court ruling, students who were defrauded by the schools they attended — mostly for-profit colleges that misrepresented the value their degrees could offer students — may soon get relief.
Education Dept. to Wipe Out Student Loans of 170,000 More Defrauded Borrowers
The sprawling case, centered on students defrauded by for-profit schools, has now become the largest class-action settlement in American history.
450,000 defrauded student loan borrowers are eligible for debt forgiveness — here’s who qualifies
Hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers have gotten their debts forgiven, or soon will, due to a $23 billion class-action settlement with the U.S. Department of Education.
450K borrowers say they were ripped off. Their student loans are being erased
The long legal battle to erase the debts of nearly half a million federal student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by their colleges is finally coming to an end, after a recent court ruling in a lawsuit that has spanned three presidential administrations.
Thousands of student-loan borrowers are getting long-awaited debt cancellation from a $23 billion settlement
Student-loan forgiveness is finally here for thousands of borrowers. A federal court denied the Department of Education's request to delay student-debt relief for borrowers entitled to relief under the Sweet vs. McMahon settlement. The settlement has allowed for $23 billion in relief for over 500,000 borrowers defrauded by their schools.
Landmark Borrower Defense Case Sweet v. McMahon Becomes Largest-Ever Settlement Against the U.S. Government
With Sweet’s $23 billion settlement, PPSL has secured $50 billion in federal student loan discharges for borrowers defrauded by predatory schools.
The Trump administration tried to delay student loan forgiveness for nearly 180,000 borrowers. A federal court said no
The Education Department must proceed with discharging student loan forgiveness for a group of eligible borrowers in a settlement case after a recent ruling from a federal appeals court. The Friday decision marked a win for about 179,000 borrowers in the drawn-out Sweet v. McMahon settlement. In the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal from the Department of…