The Biden administration’s decision to make it easier to discharge student loans in bankruptcy could offer a new safety valve for debtors who have exhausted other options for getting out from under heavy debt loads.
The move, announced Thursday, comes as President Biden’s broader plan for mass student-debt cancellation is in limbo after being blocked by two separate federal courts. That plan calls for canceling up to $20,000 in debt for borrowers under certain income thresholds. It would render up to 20 million people free of debt, around half of all student-loan borrowers, if courts allow it go forward.
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