Borrower Info

To request a change to your payment amount or payment date, your request MUST 1) be received by HFLS at least 4 business days prior to your next scheduled payment and 2) adhere to the requirements and instructions below.

You may request the following types of loan payment modifications:

• A temporary reduction in your monthly payment amount, only under the following circumstances:
  • You have previously made at least 3 successful monthly payments in accordance with your original repayment schedule.
  • The reduction lasts no more than three months. 
  • The reduced payment amount is no less than $100 per month.
• A temporary or permanent change to your monthly payment date, from the 5th of the month to the 20th or vice versa.
• A temporary or permanent increase in your monthly payment amount, which will result in a shorter loan term.
• Pay off your loan balance in full on your next scheduled payment date.  

To request one of the modifications described above, please begin by completing and submitting the brief form located here. 

Within two business days, a Loan Officer will send you a unique link to provide details of your modification request. Within two business days of submitting your modification request details, you will receive email notification of whether your modification request is approved.

Email Repayments@HFLS.org to request a change to the checking account from which you are making payments. Please do NOT send sensitive documents or information over email.

The staff member who responds to your email will provide you with a unique, secure link where you can upload a PDF of your most recent checking account statement. The statement must include your name, your bank name, and your checking account number, and all pages of the statement must be included. If the statement does not include your bank’s routing number, please provide that as well.

If your checking account does not have enough money in it to cover your scheduled payment, HFLS will receive notification from the bank that your payment “failed” (also called a “bounced” or “missed” payment).

You will receive an automated email from HFLS notifying you of your failed payment and asking you to contact HFLS to 1) ensure your next scheduled payment goes through, and 2) determine how/when to make up your failed payment.

Your guarantors will also receive an automated email notfying them of your failed payment, and HFLS may follow up with you and/or your guarantors via phone as well.

After three consecutive failed payments, your loan will be sent to the HFLS collections attorney for legal action.

If you know in advance that you might not have enough money in your account to cover your upcoming HFLS loan payment, please review the information above about when and how to request a temporary change to your monthly repayment amount.

As noted in the Repayment Changes section above, it may take two to three business days after your scheduled payment date for the HFLS withdrawal to appear in your checking account, so we ask that you please wait until a few days after your payment date before contacting HFLS about your repayment transaction.

Please note that HFLS does not withdraw monthly payment from your checking account when the 5th or the 20th fall on weekends, bank holidays, or other civic or religious holidays on which the HFLS office is closed. In these cases, HFLS withdraws the scheduled monthly payment on the next business day.

Email Repayments@HFLS.org to describe what happened. Please do NOT send sensitive documents or information over email. We can send you a unique, secure link to provide a screenshot or other documentation of the error and any fees you incurred as a result. If we find that HFLS made an error, we will offer to refund the payment to you and cover any related fees, or you can choose to apply any overpayment to future scheduled loan payments.

If you are facing financial difficulties, we encourage you to refer to the first question above for information about how you can request a temporary reduction in your monthly payment amount. HFLS will work with you as best we can within our statement guidelines to accommodate your situation while ensuring your loan is ultimately repaid in full. 

If a borrower does not contact HFLS regarding their inability to repay their loan or is not able to make monthly payments of any amount, the guarantor is expected – and legally obligated – to repay the loan, as per the promissory note that they signed along with the borrower when HFLS closed the loan. If you are not eligible for a temporary reduction in your monthly payment amount, we encourage you to contact your guarantor for assistance making your payments.

After three consecutive failed payments, if the guarantor(s) refuse or are unable to take over payments or do not respond to HFLS, your loan will be sent to the HFLS collections attorney for legal action. 

A borrower or guarantor who fails to repay the loan they are responsible for or who frequently fails payments will be prohibited from borrowing from HFLS or guaranteeing an HFLS loan in the future.