Victim survivors of financial abuse experience impacts on their credit report... and so their lives ...for years after they leave the relationship behind.
One partner’s bad money habits can cause lasting damage unless early action is taken. Rising cost of living pressures due to higher interest rates are hurting women’s financial progress and increasing the risk of relationship debt.
This criminal offence could end up retraumatising victim survivors and criminalising people who are most in need of protection, say RLC's Gayatri Nair.