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Post by Best First » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:26 pm

Found this quite moving:

http://society.guardian.co.uk/communiti ... 80,00.html

make syour ealise it could be pretty much anyone.
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Post by Obfleur » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:54 pm

Best First wrote:Found this quite moving:
Same here :up:

Makes me feel stupid for not buying Tidningen Aluma (swedens "Big Issue").

More articles like this!
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Post by IronHide » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:01 pm

Scary thought.

One minute life is good, then bam. You're outta a house, job and money.
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Post by Optimus Prime Rib » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:53 pm

wish I had the money and resources to do something like that here to help.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:26 pm

'Flat mafia' is pretty strong here in Hungary. They mostly target elderly and uneducated people and talk them into (through close friends) to take a mortgage on the flat to afford some credit... then they come back and ask for the money - guy can't pay, they take his flat, and they end up on the streets. I heard lots of stories about this.

The worst thing in this, the scam can only be done with the assistance of some solicitor, and there are lots of crooked solicitors here working for the mafia. Sadly no goverment thus far made any attempt to stop this, although it could easily be done with a few laws.
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