As some student loan repayments have returned following a nearly four-year pause, some institutions are taking action to ensure students do not end up in large amounts of debt by implementing “no-loan” policies, which will allow students to receive full financial support from the outset of their college education. About two dozen schools have introduced policies that will meet 100% of undergraduate students’ financial needs through grants and other financial aid rather than student loans. These universities are even eliminating student loans from their financial aid packages altogether. In an article from CNBC, Nicole Hurd, the president of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, stressed the importance of ensuring that college education is accessible for students, highlighting it as the best investment they can make in themselves. Particularly at Lafayette, families with household incomes of up to $200,000 will have their financial needs met through grants and work study. Of course,…
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There has been an increase in borrowers who are filing for bankruptcy related to eliminating their student debt following recent federal government policy changes, which allow individuals to eliminate this type of debt if they meet certain economic hardship criteria. The new guidelines were put in place in November 2022 with the goal of ensuring more transparent and consistent expectations for discharging student loan debt. Borrowers will first complete an attestation form so the government can assess the discharge request. Next, the government will calculate whether the debtor’s expenses equal or exceed their income. If they do, the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Department of Education will declare the borrower unable to pay their debts. The DOJ will determine whether a borrower’s present inability to pay will continue in the future. They consider variables like retirement age, disability status, long-term unemployment and if the borrower did not complete their college…
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In a recent lawsuit against a Kansas car dealership, an independent arbitrator found the dealership to be liable for more than $14.8 million in damages for customers whose information was falsified on their credit applications. For these customers, this resulted in higher loan payments and increased financial stress. In a report from Missouri Lawyers Media, the lead attorney for the 31 claimants, Ken McClain, said that the dealership was falsifying the information on the applicants’ credit applications. Information like income and job titles were inflated to ensure the applicants would qualify for larger loans, likely loan amounts that these customers would have trouble making repayments on. For example, McClain described that one claimant who works as a front desk clerk at a hotel was described as a ‘front end logistics specialist’ on the credit application submitted for her. With this falsified information, customers were receiving larger loans, which the dealership…
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