New Orleans With rents soaring and evictions rising in cities all over the US and the world, the real estate interests are finally facing their worst boogeyman: rent control! Rather than responding to the affordable housing crisis worldwide with new and innovative plans to provide additional housing, they are mainly digging in their heels and …
Category: ACORN
Building a Fighting Force to Stop Evictions and Win Affordable Rents
New Orleans Tenancy is rising, and it’s expensive. People are being pressed up against the walls. The old rule of thumb that rent and housing costs should not be more than 30% of income, similar to the old Brooke Amendment named after the legendary African-American Senator from Connecticut, has long been in ruins. This is …
Vivian Lewis’ Proposal: Rebuild ACORN Using Social Media
New Orleans With the rise of social media, Facebook estimates that everyone in the world is linked and now connected through less than three people, half of the six degrees of separation to Kevin Bacon. In the same curious way, I met Kenya Lewis when she and several radio aficionados popped into the KABF …