People incessantly failing my partner, why and what to do?

Yet another question I am unable to figure out... Does anyone have any idea what me and my boyfriend could do to put some negative events to a halt. What is happening is that he keeps attracting situations in which he is being made to wait for answers or money that should arrive much more quickly. A lawyer who has his destiny in his hands is failing to file the necessary documents and so a lot of trouble has ensued from this alone. There are more things going on along similar lines, they have been going on for a couple of years but are escalating now. People not standing by their word and giving false promises. He feels like a victim (which of course in an external sense he is) and it is hard for me to convince him of karma and the blessings in disguise. I feel very strongly that he needs to move out of the place where he lives in order to start afresh somewhere new. As I have been with him for three months, I have sensed some stagnation in the air, not just in his life but in the town itself. I am also worried that he not only lives with the past traumas so close at hand, but also is very attached to things that belong to the past (items of a deceased mother, some garments, fossils, stories of the historical past... etc.). I can't quite figure out what this is all about. I think he needs me to encourage him towards change and he has already conceded that I'm helping him in this way. He is not as spiritually minded as I am so it is hard to find ways of talking that would make real sense to him. But he is not immune to ideas of personal growth and thus I think there might be a way out for us as a couple. Thank you for your time dear friends! I hope someone has some ideas as how to tackle these issues and what I can do to help him and myself so I can put up with all this... :-)