Gentrification on Steroids as Council Housing Turned over to London Developers

ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice International

London            The dismantling of public housing in the US has been going on for more than 30 years in major cities around the country.  The fight is often around relocation, adequate section 8 subsidies in private housing, and the percentage of units that will be replacement housing for the poor.  Listening to organizers and leaders …

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Middle Class Squeeze

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

New Orleans         There were a couple of random headlines and a paragraph or two on the wire services, but the recent report, “Middle Class Squeeze,” by the DC-based progressive think tank, Center for American Progress, is actually pretty startling on a closer look. Here’s the bottom line. Defining the middle class as those individuals and …

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