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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Fail

posted by Alan White

20,521 applications rejected as ineligible. 96 borrowers approved.  Those are the early results for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. PSLF promised student borrowers with federal Direct Loans who worked in qualifying public service jobs that they would have their loan balances discharged after 10 years of income-based repayment. The first cohort of PSLF borrowers applied beginning in the Fall of 2017, so these results reflect the first year of borrower attempts to receive the benefits they were promised. The three eligibility requirements were to work in a qualifying public service job, make all income-based payments for 10 years, and have a federal Direct loan. The Education Department's report does not break down the rejections by failed eligiblity criteria. It has been widely reported that what U.S. Ed. considers a "public service" job has been a moving target, and servicers have misled borrowers about the program, but that surely cannot explain these dismal results. Perhaps some Congressional oversight is in order.

September 21, 2018 at 11:36 AM

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Servicer reform is definitely needed and the Department of Ed needs to take notes from HUD during the Foreclosure crisis as the bubble of Student Loan debt is about to burst. I advise anyone who needs assistance with this issue to reach out to a non profit Student loan counseling service. Our non profit Take Charge America offers in depth Student loan counseling at an affordable fee.... Call today!
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Posted by: jack Foster | September 21, 2018 at 02:53 PM

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