Biden-Harris Administration Opens Application for Student Debt Relief Program and Reports Eight Million Americans Have Already Applied for Relief

Oct 18, 2022

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By: Francine E. Friedman, Leila Fleming (Public Policy Specialist), Kerry Mackenzie (Public Policy Specialist)

The Biden-Harris administration highlighted that the application takes only five minutes to complete, is available on desktop and mobile devices and does not require a Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) nor supporting documents. They also noted that a paper version of the application would be available soon.

Of the approximately 40 million Americans eligible for the program, the White House’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) estimates that, as part of the website test over the weekend of October 15, over eight million borrowers have already applied for relief. Borrowers have until the end of 2023 to submit their application.

For more information, please visit the DOE’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) landing page at studentaid.gov.

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