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Need to change your payment date? Struggling to make your loan payments? Need a second loan before you finish paying your first one? This page contains all the information you need.
Need to change your payment date? Struggling to make your loan payments? Need a second loan before you finish paying your first one? This page contains all the information you need.
If you have an oustanding HFLS loan, this is the page to visit with any questions about your loan term, repayments, and more.
Please read below to see if your question or issue is addressed here. If it is not or if you need additional help, email Loan@HFLS.org or leave a voicemail at 212-687-0188 x2 and a Loan Officer will respond as soon as possible.
Important information about repayments:
Your HFLS loan closing documents (promissory note, disclosures, and ACH form) include your monthly payment date of either the 5th or the 20th of each month. It may take two to three business days after your scheduled payment date for the withdrawal to appear in your checking account, so we ask that you please wait until a few business days after your payment date before contacting HFLS with questions 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.
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:
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 Loan@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 Loan Officer who responds to your email will provide you with a unique, secure link where you can upload documentation of a new checking account. HFLS can accept a voided check or any type of bank-generated document that includes the following information:
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).
A Loan Officer will contact you after we receive notification of your failed payment to find out what happened and how you’d like to make up the payment. For instance, you may add another payment on to the end of your loan term, pay double on a future scheduled payment date, or slightly increase some of your future monthly repayments.
Please note that, after two consecutive failed payments, HFLS will contact your guarantor(s) to request that they follow up with you or take over repayment of your loan.
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 how and when you may 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 Loan@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.
If a borrower fails two consecutive payments or does not respond to HFLS after their first failed payment, HFLS will contact their guarantor(s) so they can follow up with the borrower or begin repaying the loan on the borrower’s behalf. If the guarantor(s) refuse or are unable to repay the loan, HFLS may be forced to take the loan to collections, in which case the HFLS collections attorney will contact the borrower, their guarantor(s), and all spouses regarding potential legal action.
A borrower or guarantor who fails to repay the loan they are responsible for will be prohibited from borrowing from HFLS or guaranteeing an HFLS loan in the future.
HFLS typically permits a household to have only one loan outstanding at a time; however, HFLS can make exceptions for special circumstances.
You or someone else in your household may apply for a second loan while repaying your first loan ONLY if you meet ALL of the following criteria:
If your loan request does not meet ALL of the criteria above, HFLS will NOT approve it.
If you are eligible to apply for a second loan while your first is still outstanding, you still must complete a new loan application for the second loan. Click here to view a list of all HFLS loan programs, click on the program to which you’d like to apply, and scroll to the bottom of the page for the online loan application link for that program. Please note that your monthly repayment amount will remain the same regardless of the amount of your second loan.