Hints to help you break the debt cycle
Case study #5
Pay bills/utilities
Shanae got a large electricity bill of $1200, she didn’t have enough to pay it so she went to a pay day lender. She ended up behind in repayments to the lender and then found herself behind in rent.
She went to a financial counsellor and they advocated for her with her utility provider for a hardship payment plan and showed her ways to reduce her energy costs. Shanae realised she could have avoided the pay day lender and saved herself hundreds of dollars.
Don't get caught in the debt trap.
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