And, if You Make it Through the Mortgage Maze, then There’s Insurance

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

Indianapolis  Saving money on the ticket I was flying out of Indianapolis and that meant joining the truck drivers and precious few others on the interstates and US highways in the middle of the night linking Detroit and Indianapolis, so I could beat the rain and make the plane. In one of our last meetings we …

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Property Tax Delinquency Auctions as Ghetto Creators and People Removers

ACORN ACORN International Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice

Atlanta  Two of the most heartbreaking and moving injustices we stumbled on when the ACORN Home Savers Campaign teams were doorknocking families in contract buying agreements in Detroit involved property tax delinquency auctions. It was a scam facilitated directly by the Wayne County Treasurer’s office and other government officials. The easiest case for me to …

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