Sources said President Biden’s intended measure will include at least $10,000 in loan forgiveness for borrowers who make less than $125,000 annually, as well as another payment freeze for roughly four months.

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/covid-19/payment-pause-zero-interest

    Seems I've already paid my direct loans, and my FFEL/Perkins loans aren't held by the ED. Funny how nobody bothered to explain that to my 18-year old ass when I was figuring out how to pay for college.

    • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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      2 years ago

      Never take money from private lenders. As paradoxical and purposefully evil this system is, the fed ED is the only loan issuer you should be borrowing from.

      I once borrowed $5k from a big private bank and holy shit paying just the interest rate on that was brutal