A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.
Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window to push its plan forward, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in Missouri granted an injunction blocking any widespread cancellation.
I was in the process of applying for the SAVE program when it was blocked. I don’t know why or how but this put my payments on hold for another year. Not as good as paying it off, but still a huge help.
My wife was already approved for it. I was supposed to be done in July and now I can’t do anything… I wasn’t even on the SAVE plan. I was on the preexisting forgiveness program for state employees and teachers. Now they won’t touch my account, placed a hold on it so all I can do is make payments. I’m not paying shit until I have a definitive word about when I’m done!
I was approved and was started on the plan then boom.
It’s really keeping us in a shitty place. One of the reasons I’ve stayed with this company so long was being on the forgiveness plan. With that taken care of, I could look into working with a private company and leverage the decade of experience I have into a better salary, but until it’s taken care of I can’t risk jeopardizing my repayment plan… It’s like being held hostage.
I work in higher ed. The hell I’ll ever go into public sector while holding a loan.
I was automatically enrolled in it a while back because I’m on income-based repayments, and they just keep delaying even recertification. I haven’t had to do shit with my account in years. It’s really nice honestly, because I don’t intend to repay it (I’ve never made enough to warrant a payment, under the income based plan… so fuck ‘em)
I’m super glad you got into the infinite loop of stalling too! :) everyone should apply, when they can!
Basically, if I understand right, they are choosing to do nothing rather than fuck it all up and collect what they shouldn’t, which they would then have to credit.