Little Rock Any time the head of the American Bankers Association says that it’s a good thing that any part of the government is looking at rewriting and revising the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act, known popularly as the CRA, it’s very bad news for lower-income and racially diverse communities. Sad, but true, that’s exactly the …
Month: August 2018
The Census and Contracts-for-Deed
Little Rock One somewhat nagging problem the ACORN Home Savers Campaign has confronted over the last several years, especially when we looked at the frequency of “contracts-for-deed” was the lack of definitive data. Sure, we knew in Detroit that more contracts-for-deed were being registered under real estate transfers in recent years than were any form …
Katrina and Maria, More Disaster Anniversaries and Lessons Unlearned
Greenville In New Zealand we were asked, “How is New Orleans?” In California, whether Santa Rosa or Sonoma, the question arose, “How is New Orleans?” Thirteen years have passed since Hurricane Katrina swept through the city, and the question is still important, “How is New Orleans?” The answer: better than it was, but not as …