Housing
A Baltimore Uber Driver Had $71,000 in Graduate Loans and a Wrecked Credit Score — Here’s What Federal Programs Actually Offered Her
Sylvia Tran, 52, drove for Uber while carrying $71K in grad school loans and a…
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Eddie Kirby’s $14,500 Roof Bill Was Eating His Disability Check — How CalHFA Changed His Housing Math
Eddie Kirby, 50, of Fresno CA found his disability benefits couldn't cover rising housing costs.…
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A Miami Construction Foreman Lost $1,200 a Month in Overtime — Then Spent Seven Months Trying to Prove He Needed Housing Help
The application deadline for Miami-Dade County’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program closed at midnight on a…
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She Earned Too Much for Most Programs and Too Little to Stay Afloat — How One Sacramento Accountant Found Help at 66
Roughly 1 in 5 homeowners over age 60 carries a mortgage balance they cannot comfortably…
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A Pittsburgh Construction Foreman Was One Medical Bill Away From Losing Her Home — What She Did Next
Roughly 1 in 5 American homeowners over age 55 carry mortgage debt that consumes more…
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A $4,200 Property Tax Debt Nearly Cost This Memphis Woman Her Home — Here’s What She Found Out Too Late
Roughly one in eight American homeowners carries delinquent property taxes at some point in their…
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She Was Widowed at 27 and Drowning in Medical Debt — What Dianne Dillard’s Section 8 Application Taught Me About the Housing Safety Net
The pharmacy on Penn Avenue was crowded for a Tuesday afternoon. I was waiting on…
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His Ex-Wife’s Hidden Debt Nearly Cost Him His Home — What One Housing Program Actually Did for This San Jose Man
Most people assume the hardest part of a bad marriage is the emotional wreckage. The…
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Child Support Takes 25% of His Paycheck — How One Phoenix Man Is Trying to Buy a Home After Divorce Drained His Savings
The assumption that a skilled tradesman earning nearly $80,000 a year is financially stable is…
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Divorced, $22K in Debt, and Renting for Three Years — What a Housing Counselor Told This Phoenix Man About Buying Again
The idea that rebuilding toward homeownership after divorce requires years of spotless credit and a…