Buy now, pay later’ is a form of debt — but it doesn’t feel like it. Now consumers are playing with fire (and their housing security) by using it for recurring expenses.

Monthly rent payments often consume a significant portion of household income, with many Americans spending more than 30 percent of their earnings on housing costs. As rental prices continue to climb, ...

Affirm and Esusu have launched a pilot that lets renters split monthly rent into two biweekly payments at 0% APR, signaling a new push to ease housing costs. The program, run by the buy-now, pay-later ...

Paying rent on time can improve your credit score, but only if your landlord or property manager reports payments to credit bureaus — and most don’t. But if you want your rent payments to affect your ...

Cora Lewis, a business reporter at the Associated Press, discusses the rising trend of using “buy now, pay later” services to pay rent.