Rent-to-Own: Exploiting Baltimore’s Poor
Posted by on April 09, 2012
Rent-to-Own: Exploiting Baltimore’s Poor, from the Abell Foundation, reports that consumers who buy from rent-to-own stores pay up to 3.5 times more than at traditional retail stores and how the city’s low-income population is victimized by the industry.
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