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My husband lost his job and we can no longer pay the mortgage. We have zero savings. Will we lose our home?

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My mother-in-law stole $25,000 from my husband’s emergency fund. We donated to charity rather than give her a birthday gift — and she cried foul.

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‘Who do people like me turn to?’ I am 70 with absolutely no emergency or retirement savings. So now what?

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