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For new borrowers of loans starting in 2014, those who qualify would be able to cap the amount they must spend on loan repayment each month to 10% of their discretionary income, down from 15%. [ 24 ] For new borrowers after 2014, loans would be eligible to be forgiven to those who make timely payments after 20 years, down from 25 years previously.
The pandemic-era relief provided by the student loan payment moratorium ended in 2023, and by 2024, borrowers were back in the routine of paying their college debt — with interest.
In June 2010, the amount of student loan debt held by Americans exceeded the amount of credit card debt held by Americans. [23] At that time, student loan debt totalled at least $830 billion, of which approximately 80% was federal and 20% was private.
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (SAFRA; H.R. 3221) is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman George Miller that would expand federal Pell Grants to a maximum of $5,500 in 2010 and tie increases in Pell Grant maximum values to annual increases in the Consumer Price Index plus 1%.
Millions of federal student loan borrowers just made payments for the first time in years — or ever. What does that mean for 2023 taxes? Student loans eligible for tax deductions
Student loan debt in California has topped more than $148 billion, and Sacramento wants to help. A new program created by California's consumer protection agency aims to provide free, personalized ...
[citation needed] Federal student loan interest rates are established by Congress and listed in § 20 U.S.C. § 1087E(b). Because the interest rates are established by Congress, interest rates are a political decision. In 2010, the federal student loan program ran a multibillion-dollar "negative subsidy", or profit, for the federal government.
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