New Orleans Erik Eckholm did a piece for the New York Times that we read carefully in light of the ACORN asset building program through our expanded ACORN Access Centers that are trying to achieve maximum eligible participation of lower income families. In many ways this is truly bizarre. There is $105 Billion owed …
Month: December 2007
Big Win at HSBC on RALs
New Orleans A signature effort of the campaign conducted by ACORN with tax preparers over the last 4-5 years has been to either eliminate Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs) and similar products from the marketplace or failing to do that, reduce the predatory pricing that drives the product. In our the agreements to settle this …
Report on Israeli Community Organizing
New Orleans From time to time I like to provide a report from one of our far-flung correspondents. Jeff Ordower, Missouri ACORN Head Organizer, and Jordan Ash, former director of the ACORN Financial Justice Center (who is now on leave) visited the Middle East in the fall including Jordan and Israel. This report was …