Federal student loan borrowers are facing a confusing and ever-changing repayment landscape as lawsuits challenged plans offered under the Biden administration, leaving a majority 🐠of borrowers unnerved a new survey found.

Almost 70% of student loan borrowers surveyed by Laurel Road, a digital banking platform specializing in student loan counseling and budgeting, said they felt overwhelmed when navigating repayment options.

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Millions of borrowers enrolled in the Saving for a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan have been 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:placed in forbearance as 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:ongoing lawsuits block the repayment plan. To give borrowers more repayment options, the Department of Education 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:reopened two older repayment plans.

These plans were meant to provide borrowers with more stability and paths to forgiveness. But the reality couldn't be more different.

The survey also found that 76% of borrowers are experiencing an overload of information, and 82%, ageꦓd ಌ25 to 44, are unsure what plan was right for them.

"Information overload and ambiguity has left borrowers yearning to understand the repayment and forgiveness options available to them, and to receive this information in a clear, concise manner," said Alyssa Schaefer, general manager and chief experience officer at Laurel Road.

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Already, many borrowers say they are struggling to complete financia🥂l life goals as student loan debt weighs them down, and unresolved repayment plans make it hard to plan for the future.

The survey found that 79% of borrowers struggle to create an emergency or retirement fund, 75% are unable to invest, 52% canno✱t buy a home, and 35% are postponing starting a family due to student lꦉoan debt.

Borrowers' confusion could be worsened if President Donald Trump's administration, which threatened to unwind many of Biden's repayment and forgiveness plans, follows through on its promises.

Republican leaders have been critical of Biden's other repayment and forgiveness plans as they would increase the federal budget and tax costs. A top Republican lawmaker told Forbes in December that student loan system reforms could come in early 2025 and block more than just the SAVE plan.

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