BELLEVILLE — Paul Carr had been driving along Belleville’s North Front Street of an and a half ago when he became troubled by the proliferation of payday loan stores year.
“They appeared to be appearing quite quickly. вЂThere’s a different one. There is a different one.’ We began observing I was thinking, this is unbelievable how quickly they’re coming into our community,” says Carr, a councillor in Belleville that they were like almost a block apart, and. He counts 10 pay day loan stores in this town of approximately 50,000 individuals. “We have poverty that is high inside our area … and therefore it stressed me that most these high-interest loan providers had been arriving inside our community. (more…)