Cora Lewis
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64 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 27 Feb
Cora Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And this company was...
Helping her figure out month to month how to make her finances work is how they framed it to me.
I do, yeah.
The pattern that advocates have found is that while these are marketed as a way to make your life more stable, to be used maybe once or twice a year, what ends up happening is people really rely on these products every month.
And so those subscription fees and that 1% of rent every month really adds up.
It's hitting people who are already really strained and it becomes...
an additional strain on their finances.
In some ways, it shows that a lot of people have already overextended themselves on credit cards and are turning to these products and companies.
I think it is a sign of the affordability crisis.
These companies exist in the space between that unaffordability and people's
Cora Lewis is a business reporter at the Associated Press.
Thanks so much for having me.
Thanks so much for having me.
Yeah.
So with Buy Now, Pay Later, you might be used to seeing it at checkout.
You could buy clothes, shoes, furniture, and you break your payments up into several installments.
Those are really marketed as zero interest loans.
These Rent Now, Pay Later companies say, we're going to extend you money at the beginning of the month to pay the rent.
And for that, we're going to charge you maybe a flat subscription fee and 1% of your monthly rent.
It seems like it's this internet company that's giving you flexibility.
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