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Lawmakers mull making VA home loans transferable to vets’ families
The move is seen as a way to make up for past racial discrimination in how VA home loans were administered.
These unique scholarships gives student vets cash to make ends meet
The funds give veterans what they need beyond just tuition support, including paying their bills, child care or even groceries.
By Joshua Axelrod
This for-profit college left one veteran with $101,000 in debt and a sketchy degree: testimony
Eric Luongo went to Capitol Hill to tell the story of how he believes DeVry University made him promises they couldn’t keep and left him with a useless degree and insurmountable loan debt.
By Joshua Axelrod
Here are some surprising ways troops and vets can cut their student loan debt
Even with their military education benefits, one-quarter of veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill have federal student loan debt when they graduate. And approximately 200,000 active duty members owe a collective $2.9 billion in student loan debt.
By Mike Saunders
Man who reportedly swindled veterans out of retirement and disability pay for 7 years fined $1
The amount “accounts for Corbett’s inability to pay more based on sworn financial statements that he provided to the Bureau and Corbett’s ongoing cooperation with the Bureau’s investigation."
By Jon Simkins
This federal program wipes away disabled vets’ student debt. They’re defaulting on their loans anyway.
About 42,000 veterans had been contacted, and 7,700 had had their loans discharged, according to information provided by the Education Department this week, leading advocates to wonder whether there’s more the federal government can do to expand its the benefit’s reach.
By Natalie Gross
Could this government program wipe away all your student loan debt?
The Veterans Affairs Department and the Department of Education are working together to make it easier for you to apply to have your loans forgiven. Here are five things you need to know before applying.
By Mike Saunders, Veterans Education Success
Using a VA loan? Here are 7 questions to ask your lender
A National Guard member in the loan business tells future VA loan users how to 'interview' their lender.
By David Piatek
Advocates launch $250K ad campaign to support protections for troops against predatory lenders
Ads are running in 17 publications over the next few days.
By Karen Jowers
Not just VA: 5 more state-run programs that help troops, veterans buy their new home
Need a little extra help to make the mortgage math work? A state-run program could be the solution.
By Kevin Lilley
Here’s why House lawmakers want to raise VA loan refinance rates ... and by how much
Another new VA benefit could be funded by increased VA loan costs.
By Kevin Lilley