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In These Times: Utility Costs, Small-Dollar Loans and Financial Health

A housing rights organization in Poughkeepsie, New York, stands with its community against a utility company’s attempt to disconnect low-income family homes. Utility bills, small-dollar loans and financial health intersect. CFSI found that utility bills were the number one reason people were forced to take out short-term loans such as payday loans. Read the full […]

By Financial Health Network

Monday, October 26, 2015

A housing rights organization in Poughkeepsie, New York, stands with its community against a utility company’s attempt to disconnect low-income family homes. Utility bills, small-dollar loans and financial health intersect. CFSI found that utility bills were the number one reason people were forced to take out short-term loans such as payday loans.

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