This Week in Student Loans: May 1

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This week in student loans:

• Federal Student Loans For 6 Million People Aren’t Covered By The CARES Act
• U.S. Is Sued Over Student Loan Wage Garnishments During Pandemic
• How A Couple is Paying off $50,000 in Student Loans, Even With a Job Loss During Coronavirus

Federal Student Loans For 6 Million People Aren’t Covered By The CARES Act

The CARES Act offers many benefits for student loan borrowers, including the suspension of federal student loan payments until September, the interest rates on federal student loans being set to 0%, and the pausing of student loan debt collection on defaulted federal student loans. However, not all loans are covered by the CARES act, specifically Family Federal Education Loan Program loans (FFELP Loans) that aren’t backed by the federal government, which are currently held by approximately 6 million borrowers who hold approximately $142 million of debt in these loans.

Source: Forbes

U.S. Is Sued Over Student Loan Wage Garnishments During Pandemic

A New York home health aide is suing the federal government for continuing to garnish wages to repay defaulted student loans, despite a temporary ban on such collections under the CARES Act. The lawsuit against the Department of Education was filed late Thursday in federal court in Washington.

Source: Bloomberg

How A Couple is Paying off $50,000 in Student Loans, Even With a Job Loss During Coronavirus

After paying off over $30,000 of student debt last year, an Indianapolis couple still planning to pay off $21,000 in student loans, despite experiencing a job loss due to the coronavirus outbreak. See the budgeting and debt-payoff strategies they’re using to make it happen in the article below.

Source: Money.com

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