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title: "Coerced Debt: A Domestic Violence Tactic"
date: 2024-09-12T14:07:00-04:00
author: Jonese Austin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Coerced Debt: A Domestic Violence Tactic

This fact sheet provides an overview of coerced debt. Domestic abusers may try to wield power over their partners by controlling their partners' finances. When a person takes out debt in their partner's name without their partner's knowledge, that's coerced debt. It's also coerced debt when an individual threatens or forces their partner to take out debt. Because coerced debt is a form of identity theft, survivors can challenge it through legal means.

This resource was created by Texas Appleseed, an organization focused on social, economic, and racial justice for Texans, in partnership with the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt. It lists domestic violence resources available in Texas.

The resource is also available in Spanish.

> Coerced debt exists where there is domestic abuse. Domestic abuse can be physical, emotional, or financial. Coerced debt is one type of financial abuse. Abusers use coerced debt to control their victims.

[Read the full article ](https://financialabusehelp.org/guide/guide-1-understand/what-coerced-debt)

• AUTHOR: Texas Appleseed in Partnership with the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt

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- [ gender-based violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/gender-based-violence)
- [ intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/intimate-partner-violence)
- [coercion and control](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/coercion-and-control)
- [domestic violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/domestic-violence)
- [intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/intimate-partner-violence)
- [survivor](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/survivor)
- [economic inequalities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/economic-inequalities)
- [Spanish language resources](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/spanish-language-resources)

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## A National Paid Leave Program Would Help Workers, Families

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examines the benefits that would result from a national paid parental leave program.

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examines the benefits that would result from a national paid parental leave program.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/a-national-paid-leave-program-would-help-workers-families)

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## Aging & Inequity

Economic insecurity and inequity magnify over time for many women, especially marginalized women. What policies could address this problem?

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Economic insecurity and inequity magnify over time for many women, especially marginalized women. What policies could address this problem?](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/aging-and-inequity)

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## Aging In Place as a Low-Income Older Person with Disabilities

This article offers a discussion of aging in place for 12 low-income, older homeowners with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland.

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This article offers a discussion of aging in place for 12 low-income, older homeowners with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/aging-in-place-as-a-low-income-older-person-with-disabilities)