{"id":7198,"date":"2025-05-19T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7198"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:19:56","slug":"aft-student-debt-clinic-addresses-broken-system-offers-advice-on-public-service-loan-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-5\/aft-student-debt-clinic-addresses-broken-system-offers-advice-on-public-service-loan-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"AFT student debt clinic addresses broken system; offers advice on public service loan forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7201 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/College-Header.jpg\" alt=\"AFT student debt clinic addresses broken system; offers advice on public service loan forgiveness\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/College-Header.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/College-Header-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/College-Header-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/College-Header-768x256.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>June 5, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) offered a student debt webinar May 8 to connect listeners to information from industry experts about how to navigate the student loan system and fight for affordable repayment plans and access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFor more than a decade, AFT has been fighting to fix the broken student debt system and stop loan servicers from preying on our members,\u201d AFT President Randi Weingarten said. \u201cThis is union work, and the AFT will not stop until every public employee has access to affordable payment plans that count toward PSLF and all young people have affordable paths to opportunity.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the wake of the Trump administration and loan servicer giant MOHELA running roughshod over those with student debt, removing avenues to affordable repayment plans and taking information down from the Studentaid.gov website, AFT filed lawsuits and went to court to fight back.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Providing even less information than before, the administration is now threatening to start garnishing wages, Social Security, and tax returns, and sending delinquent and defaulted loans to collections. The fallout is destroying borrowers\u2019 financial stability and credit scores.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mike Pierce, the head of the Student Loan Protection Center, has been working with AFT on student debts issues for years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been in this fight for a long time together, going back to AFT\u2019s lawsuit against Navient and the incredible work that we\u2019ve done to try to make the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program actually work,\u201d he said. \u201cMore than a million public service workers are now debt-free because President Biden listened to AFT and listened to other unions who represent public service workers and made trying to make PSLF actually work a priority.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loans \u2013 more than all the outstanding car loans, credit card debt, and medical debt.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s a huge market, Pierce said. \u201cAnybody that has tried to get a straight answer out of MOHELA knows these companies are paid billions of dollars by the federal government, often cutting corners, misleading borrowers, and generally making an already complicated and broken system worse. It\u2019s a huge problem for families that have these student loans.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The pause on debt collection and repayment during the COVID-19 pandemic lasted about five and a half years, Pierce said. Now that it is over, people are going to have to start navigating the convoluted system and figuring out how to make ends meet with new monthly payments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe are now starting to see one of the largest negative credit events in the history of the credit reporting system,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cMillions of peoples\u2019 credit is being damaged in real time right now for the first time since the pandemic. We expect by the end of this month, just shy of six million people will have their credit damaged as they turn the student loan system back on.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By the end of the year, the estimates are 8 to 10 million.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThose are people that maybe aren\u2019t getting bills, weren\u2019t current on their loans, or just weren\u2019t making heads or tails on what\u2019s going on and they won\u2019t discover that things are bad until they get an alert from their FICO monitor or credit reporting company,\u201d he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Things you can do to protect yourself<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Right now, the best thing you can do if presented with a letter that the government is going to pursue collections, is contact your member of Congress.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you live, every member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, has a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectborrowers.org\/caseworktool\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">casework operation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and is there to help you, be your advocate with the federal government when there\u2019s a broken public program,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cThere is no more broken public program that the student loan. Normally we would tell you to go to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or the Department of Education, but right now this is better.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Borrowers should take action now to protect themselves from credit damage and get out of defaults. AFT advises the following:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enroll in an income-driven repayment plan that qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. These include Pay as You Earn and Income-Based Repayment. Borrowers currently enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan should immediately switch their repayment plan to Pay as You Earn or Income-Based. You can nroll in or change your current income-driven repayment plan, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/idr\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Certify all previous public service employment. Complete an application once a year to update your payment count using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/pslf\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">this Help Tool.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Complete the application one final time after you make your 120<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> payment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keep good records of payment counts and correspondence with servicers. If your servicer gave you incorrect information, email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:repayment_support@ed.gov\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">repayment_support@ed.gov<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and file a complaint with the ombudsman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/feedback-ombudsman\/disputes\/prepare\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AFT will hold more Student Debt Clinic virtual webinars at 7 p.m. on May 27 and June 5, with more to be announced. Register <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.aft.org\/DebtClinicWebinar\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Additional resources are available <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.after.org\/PSLF\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;background-color: #dcddde\" cellpadding=\"25\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 80%\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong><span data-teams=\"true\"><span class=\"secondary-btn-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/app\/\">Download the new PEF App<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong><span data-teams=\"true\">for the l<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong><span data-teams=\"true\">atest union news and resources on the go!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7234\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/PEF-App-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"PEF App Icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/PEF-App-Icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/PEF-App-Icon-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/PEF-App-Icon.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5, 2025 &#8212; 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