Here’s how to qualify for a fresh start on your student loans.

Here’s what you need to know.

Student Loans

There’s the student loan payment pause, student loan forgiveness, student loan cancellation and now a new plan to help millions of student loan borrowers get a “fresh start” on their student loans.

Student loans: fresh start for student loan borrowers

The U.S. Department of Education is helping student loan borrowers who are in student loan delinquency or student loan default get a fresh start on their student loans.

Student loan delinquency

A borrower is in student loan delinquency the first day after missing a student loan payment. After at least 90 days of missed student loan payments, your student loan servicer will report the delinquency to the three major credit bureaus: Equifax, TransUnion and Experian.

 

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