Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act
Rep. Williams Introduces Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act to Help Student Loan Borrowers
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has rehabilitated the loan.
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on Education and Workforce for review. No further actions or hearings have been scheduled at this time. The bill is considered active but is not moving forward quickly.
Legislative Progress
This bill only has support from one party so far and has just started the long process of becoming a law. Without support from the other party, it is unlikely to move forward.
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People who have rehabilitated defaulted student loans would have cleaner credit reports, making it easier for them to qualify for mortgages and better interest rates. This could help a small number of would-be homebuyers who are currently shut out of homeownership because old student loan delinquencies are dragging down their credit scores.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove all adverse credit history related to a loan from the credit history of a borrower who has rehabilitated the loan.
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