Senator Elizabeth Warren Joins Fight Against Debt Collection Industry

Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren has become the latest voice in a growing number of advocates calling for reform of the debt collection industry, reprimanding the US Department of Education for sending debt collectors to pursue money from 80,000 students who were defrauded by a for-profit school. In a letter to US Education Secretary John B. King Jr., Senator Warren recently called out the department’s “draconian” and aggressive debt collection actions, citing their focus on partnering with loan servicers rather than following through with their promises to expedite the students’ relief from their loans as entitled under federal law.

Warren’s letter is only the latest in an increasing wave of opposition to the debt collection industry. With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drafting the first changes to the debt collection process in over 40 years and countless others throughout the country advocating for stricter regulations, growing attention suggests the process of debt collection is likely on the cusp of great reform.

Traditional wage garnishments, tarnished credit, and legal problems can ruin a borrower’s life, along with the constant harassment of collection efforts. “Debt collection is a serious issue for people,” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey recently commented. “As more and more people are facing debt, due to failed mortgages, student debt, credit card debt, it’s important that our regulations are followed.”

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering rules which would prohibit debt collectors from pursuing civil arrest warrants against debtors, as well as capping the collections of older debts and further limiting wage garnishments.

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