While people contacted the helpline for a variety of reasons, the main ones were: housing stress, including mortgage, rent, rates and body corporate fees; utilities; credit card debt; personal loans; buy now pay later; and debts to the Australian Taxation Office. Read the original article here
Biden announced an additional $4.2 billion in student-debt cancellation for 152,000 borrowers. The relief will benefit borrowers in PSLF, defrauded borrowers, and borrowers with disabilities. It likely marks Biden’s last relief efforts before Trump takes office in one week. Thousands more borrowers are receiving student-loan forgiveness just one week before President Joe Biden leaves the…
Biden forgives student loans for 150,000 borrowers, bringing total to 5 million Reuters Read the original article here
Rep. Chip Roy says Republicans rejected House Freedom Caucus’ offer to support debt ceiling hike Washington Times Read the original article here
Biden announced an additional $4.5 billion in student-debt cancellation for 261,000 borrowers. The relief impacts borrowers who attended Ashford University, which a court found engaged in fraudulent behavior. This is among Biden’s last debt relief efforts before he leaves the White House. More student-loan borrowers are getting debt relief during President Joe Biden’s last week…
Tonya J. has been a lawyer and a White House appointee. She also is close to a half a million dollars in student loan debt. “Most of that, 2/3 of that, I’d say is interest.” Each month, she is expected to pay $278 for the loan and another $750 in interest. The Silver Spring resident…
More Aussies are calling for help over their finances, with mortgages the number one concern. Australia is grappling with a mortgage-led surge in cries for help to the National Debt Helpline. Almost 170,000 people called the service or used its online chat in 2024, up by close to 19,000 (12 per cent) from the year…
Confession: I’ve long loved the lexicon of a dice game happening on a street corner or in the basement of an after-hours spot or in the parking lot of a strip club or, an eon ago, in the halls of my high school: “Fever in the funkhouse, and I’m looking for a fin . . . Nina Ross the…
Her situation left her relying on her daughter for even basic necessities like food. Sue Johnson, 75, found herself in severe financial difficulty after her divorce in March 2003. Despite moving out of her marital home, she was still obligated to pay £400 towards the shared mortgage with her ex-husband while also covering the rent…
Osinbajo seeks debt relief for African countries Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Read the original article here