Student Loans
A Pittsburgh School Custodian Owed $67,000 in Student Loans — It Took 3 Years to Find Out He Qualified for Loan Forgiveness
Wesley O'Brien, 52, carried $67,000 in student loan debt on a custodian's salary before learning…
Articles by Vivienne Marlowe Reyes
Housing
A Sacramento Security Guard Told Me She Was One Rent Hike Away From Losing Everything — Then She Found CalHFA
Elaine Stanton, 51, earned $52K as a Sacramento security guard and couldn't afford a home.…
SNAP
She Earned $78K Driving Trucks but Still Applied for SNAP — What Aisha’s Irregular Income Revealed About the System
Aisha Fitzgerald earned $78K driving trucks — until a back injury made her income vanish.…
Housing
I Earned $78,000 Last Year as a Nurse and Still Fell Behind on Property Taxes — This Is How It Happened
Roughly 1 in 10 American homeowners falls behind on property taxes at some point —…
Housing
James Thornton’s Rent Jumped $600 a Month — What He Learned Navigating Housing Assistance With a Damaged Credit Score
The comment appeared on a piece I’d written about housing instability and low-income renters in…
SNAP
At 55, He Rebuilt His Life After COVID With Four Kids to Feed — This Is What SNAP Covered and What It Didn’t
The window for Florida families to reassess their SNAP eligibility after an income change is…
Medicaid
My Mother’s Assisted Living Costs $7,400 a Month — What I Found Out Trying to Get Medi-Cal to Help
Roughly 70 percent of Americans over age 65 will need some form of long-term care…
Housing
When His Oil Industry Income Dropped, This Houston Engineer Discovered He Was One Month From Losing Everything — What Housing Assistance Actually Covers
What would it take for you to admit, out loud, that the financial life you…
Analysis
The hidden message buried in tonight’s Bruins-Blue Jackets lineup — Lohrei’s scratch tells a story about Boston’s defensive depth that most fans won’t notice
What does it actually cost a team when a key defenseman goes down right before…