Shreveport Walmart is still the world and America’s largest single private sector employer. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, they still leave a huge footprint in their home state just as they do around the world. For decades, Walmart led the race to the bottom, sweating workers on wages and hours, allegedly and likely discriminating on gender and …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Is Code Enforcement the Friend or Enemy of Lower Income Family Home Ownership?
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, …
Real Estate Wealth Taxes as a Anti-Gentrification Tool
New Orleans Recently I listened to an interview with a prominent local developer on WAMF in New Orleans as he was asked about gentrification. He tried to walk the line between his self-interest and progressive values. He was against displacement on one hand, but he opposed inclusionary zoning that would require developers to create affordable …