Nearly 500,000 borrowers who say colleges defrauded them are getting student debt relief

A years-long legal fight spanning three presidential administrations is delivering loan discharges, refunds and credit repairs to borrowers who accused schools of misleading them. For hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers, relief that once seemed buried beneath government delays and years of litigation is finally becoming real. 450,000 borrowers who said their colleges…

Who qualifies for student loan forgiveness in 2026?

Student loan forgiveness is still available to many borrowers, but the eligibility rules have shifted. Pla2na/Getty Images Borrowers have spent the last few years trying to keep up with a steady stream of changes to the federal student loan system, many of which have had a direct impact on the extra help that’s available for…