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The three-year pause on federal student loan payments helped this Chicago-area couple adopt a baby.

The three-year pause on federal student loan payments helped this Chicago-area couple adopt a baby.

WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago

October 12, 20234m 25s

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Show Notes

More than a million Illinois residents are making payments on their federal student loans this month for the first time in three years. WBEZ is bringing you some of their stories – and what the pandemic-era payment pause has meant to them. Today we have the story of a borrower who was able to start his family. WBEZ’s Lisa Philip brings us into his living room in the southwest suburbs, where his toddler’s toys have taken over. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Lisa Philip