NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the freeze placed on student loan repayments set to end Dec.  31, Biden has gotten behind the Democrat-led House’s HEROES Act, which calls on the federal government to pay off up to $10,000 in private, nonfederal student loans for economically distressed borrowers. “People having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent … debt relief should be done immediately,” Biden stated during a news conference on Monday, November 16. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden