Mastodawn

Whew, good thing you can't live in the vast majority of Canada without a car! #PovertyTrap

‘I thought for sure the decimal was in the wrong place’: Ontario man shocked by $22,520 car sunroof repair
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/consumer-alert/article/i-thought-for-sure-the-decimal-was-in-the-wrong-place-ontario-man-shocked-by-22520-car-sunroof-repair/

‘I thought for sure the decimal was in the wrong place’: Ontario man shocked by $22,520 car sunroof repair

A Newmarket, Ont. man says his wife was driving the family car in October when she opened the panoramic sunroof, only to not be able to close it after.

CTVNews

K.J. Elphinstone Mar 21, 2025

Being on social benefits...

... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨

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#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility

AutisticMumTo3 Feb 19, 2024

Report Warns That the UK Poverty Trap Is Deeper Than Ever Before
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/report-warns-that-the-uk-poverty-trap-is-deeper-than-ever-before/ar-BB1ivTjJ?cvid=184afd071539440eebf469d05d65d96a&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#Poverty
#UK
#UKPoverty
#PovertyTrap
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#PovertyCrisis
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Tories
#Blair
#ThePoorGetPoorer
#EnergyBills
#CostOfEssentials

MSN

AutisticMumTo3 Oct 5, 2023

England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/05/england-worst-place-in-developed-world-to-find-housing-says-report

#Housing
#England
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Poverty
#PovertyTrap
#HBF
#OECD
#Renters
#Tories
#Labour
#UK

England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report

Quarter of UK private renters spending over 40% of income on housing amid warning people are ‘trapped in poverty’

The Guardian

Selena Sep 16, 2023

Reminder that only #UBI solves the #PovertyTrap
https://youtube.com/watch?v=D9N7QaIOkG8&si=5CBS0e5oM6npvDs-

Why is it so hard to escape poverty? - Ann-Helén Bay

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bs2 May 19, 2023

> The prospect of automated AI systems making phone calls to distressed people adds another dystopian element to an industry that has long targeted poor and marginalized people. Debt collection and enforcement is far more likely to occur in Black communities than white ones, and research has shown that predatory debt and interest rates exacerbate poverty by keeping people trapped in a never-ending cycle.
#PredatoryDebt #DebtEnforcement #PovertyTrap
@bsmall2