Many people who borrow private student loans are required to get a co-signer, a requirement that can spread the pain if repayment becomes a challenge.

The existence of Navient’s new discharge program largely came to light when the PPSL launched a campaign on May 30 to encourage borrowers to apply. The nonprofit legal organization also released a step-by-step guide to request loan forgiveness.

If you were defrauded by your school and have student loans serviced through Navient, the servicer is now offering a simplified route to student loan forgiveness. The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) recently discovered that the servicer now offers borrowers the chance to apply for loan discharges. However, Navient never publicized the process.

There's been much ado about federal student loan forgiveness with little relief directed to students holding private student debt. However, a little-known program directed by private student loan lender Navient is forgiving private loans for borrowers seeking relief on the grounds that their school lied to them.

while Navient has a process for defrauded borrowers to get relief, many of them might not know about it because they have to request an application. The Project on Predatory Student Lending, which advocates for defrauded borrowers, published updated information on the steps borrowers need to take to apply for the relief

According to PPSL, Navient has recently begun sending out a “school misconduct discharge” application to a select group of borrowers who were defrauded by their colleges.

A major national private student loan lender has quietly released a new application that provides a limited, but very real, pathway to potential relief.

“A nonprofit group is publicizing the relief program that Navient, a large lender, created for students who attended for-profit schools that misled them.”