New Orleans I had a “from the mouths of babes” experience this week. I was eating lunch with a couple of big non-profit housing developers and a senior community development banker with Bank of America who has $200 Million invested in New Orleans now. As they got in the car to drop me …
Month: January 2008
Schooling Subprime Servicers
New Orleans ACORN has been heavily engaged in discussions for months with various servicers of subprime mortgages in order to develop the ways and means to prevent foreclosures. There have been negotiations, meetings, actions, and everything else as we try to herd all of major companies into agreements, many of which are close to …
Reports from our Correspondents
Los Angeles Two reports are in from our far-flung correspondents around the globe. Rick Hall, who has intermittingly given us insights into the ground level realities of the Middle East from his vantage point in Amman, Jordan, sent me this letter in the wake of President Bush’s recent visit to his neighborhood: Greetings …