New Orleans In Halifax, the ACORN Canada head organizers were meeting in a large open space in the former orphanage where we have our office on the third floor. The space is used for everything from board meetings to yoga classes making it truly multi-purpose. Looking out the window I could see down to the …
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Citizens Desperate for Effective Public Policies to Save Affordable Housing
Halifax The discussion of fights between tenants and landlords was a central part of the organizers’ agenda in the ACORN Canada head organizers’ meeting. In Ottawa it was another fight to save the 1300 unit, Herongate, a frequent target. In Toronto and Halifax landlord licensing is an ongoing fight and there were steps forward around …
Ongoing Battle Against Predatory Payday Lenders
Halifax Payday lenders throughout out North America are both under attack and organizing fiercely to resist effective regulation. In the United States, Republican lawmakers nationally and in some states are being mobilized by payday lenders to pushback against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) efforts to rollout regulations establishing minimum standards for payday lending. What …