Millions of student loan borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Department of Education has agreed to restart some major loan forgiveness programs.

The White House said this week it will again start processing loan forgiveness for eligible borrowers in two different income-driven repayment plans that it had put on pause.

“Quite frankly, this is huge,” Erica Sandberg, consumer finance expert at BadCredit.org , told The Post. “It will take millions of borrowers out of limbo.” 3

Why was student loan forgiveness paused?

In February, an appeals court upheld a ruling that blocked a Biden-era repayment program known as SAVE, placing loans for 8 million Americans in forbearance.

President Trump’s Education Department argued that the ruling should apply to other income-dr

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