https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k Low-income/ unemployment en-us 2018-01-16 19:20:06 UTC 2018-01-17 18:06:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k/wish/222009752 Charlotte Mclinden

The majority are tenants, with particular concern over a lack of cover for those in social housing, the Financial Inclusion Commission said. The group of MPs, peers and charities found that 60% of those earning £15,000 or less a year had no contents cover. One solution could be including insurance automatically with rent. The insurance industry suggests that there has been low take-up of these kinds of schemes when trialled in the past. Those on lower incomes were also at greater risk of burglary, arson and flooding than the average household. Yet, the commission found that many struggled to secure affordable insurance cover and did not trust the insurance industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41996352

]]> 2018-01-17 10:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k/wish/222009752 https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k/wish/222148818 For the long-term unemployed, finding a job is hard — but keeping one may be even harder. New research tracking people who have been out of work for six months or longer found that 23 percent of them landed a job within a few months of the study. But a year later, more than a third of that group was unemployed again or out of the labour force altogether. The findings are the latest in a bleak but growing body of literature suggesting long-term unemployment has become a trap that is difficult to escape; as it was found that résumés showing unemployment lasting more than six months were uniformly rejected — even when those applications listed significant work experience. In other words, companies were more willing to hire people with little experience who were recently unemployed than they were to hire long-jobless candidates with relevant experience.

]]> 2018-01-17 17:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k/wish/222148818 https://padlet.com/mf9/olrlllgnjz1k/wish/222168639 Jodi Watkinson
Explains how landlords discriminate due to the low income of their tenants.
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