Debt & Financial Resilience

Financial systems should help people build stability and opportunity, not trap them in debt, confusion, or harmful financial practices that drain wealth and limit mobility.

MDC’s Role:

MDC brings partners together to address the financial pressures that undermine economic security and mobility. Through research, public education, narrative change, and advocacy, we help strengthen consumer protections, expand access to trusted information, and advance solutions that support long-term financial resilience.

Explore Our Work:

• Student Debt Relief Coalition: Learn how MDC works with partners to advance borrower protections, public education, and systems change on student debt.
• Research and Commentary on Debt: Read MDC’s analysis on how debt and other financial burdens shape household stability and economic mobility
  • Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt: Debt and Youth Economic Mobility
  • An Equity-Driven Policy Agenda to Address the Consumer Debt Crisis
• Policy and Narrative Change: See how MDC connects research, coalition-building, and advocacy to advance fairer financial systems
  • Student Debt Policy and Program Priorities for North Carolina