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Survivor advocates push study and relief language for coerced debt in H.137
Summary
The Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence urged a study and model remedies for coerced debt in language proposed for H.137; committee agreed to a summer study and to coordinate with DFR and stakeholders.
Charley Glesserman, policy director at the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, told the Vermont House Committee of Commerce & Economic Development on Feb. 25 that coerced debt—debt incurred through coercion or identity theft—can have long‑term consequences for survivors’ housing, education and employment.
Glesserman urged lawmakers to adopt a study and follow model statutory language to enable survivors to request that creditors cease collections and remove coerced debt from credit reports. "Forced debt occurs when a person utilizes…
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