http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/01_VEN_AQUI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans As a principle part of our organizing around adequate and affordable housing over decades, we’ve always believed in there being a “warrant of habitability” and some clear standards in housing codes that insured the safety and health of lower income families. We still believe that, …
Category: ACORN
Forty-eight Years and ACORN Rolls On
New Orleans June 18th is ACORN’s birthday. Our staff policies still list it as a possible holiday that can be substituted for other dates if someone on staff had to work a holiday. On most birthdays nothing can be remembered by babies. The clock on a lifetime begins ticking with the official marking of time …
Getting an Education on Habitat for Humanity Houses
New Orleans In Vancouver recently I made a point about the overheated housing market there by noting that I had read that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000, which to me seemed absurdly high from what I thought I understood about the sweat equity and low-cost building model for Habitat houses. Turned …