How Black Churches Helped Dallas Rein In Payday Lenders
In 2009, Rev. Danielle Ayers was approached by a member of her church who said he was stuck. Hed taken out a payday loan for a few hundred bucks, and he couldnt pay it off.
Ayers is the pastor for justice at Friendship-West Baptist Church, and she was confused: How could a small loan be such a big problem?
I was like, Can you just bring me your loan documents? she recalled. Im thinking, I dont know, two pages for a small-dollar loan. I wasnt thinking anything extensive. And it was a thick packet.
Ayers was floored by what she read: Exorbitant fees and terms that seemed designed to trip people up. The man had already refinanced the loan a couple of times, racking up more and more debt.
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