New Orleans I’m scratching my head. Somehow, I’ve noticed something weird around the world, and it’s not adding up, or at least not adding up the way it should. Maybe you have noticed it as well. There are a lot of protests here and abroad about cutbacks and threats to pensions and benefit programs, but, …
Category: Financial Justice
The Increasing and Persistent Gap between Black and White Homeownership
Detroit The widening gap between black and white homeownership didn’t happen by accident. There is abundant evidence and little debate that the gap was the result of historic discrimination enforced by federal policies, state laws, and local ordinances. Even as ownership rates increased for minority homeowners over a 40-year period thanks to persistent work, legal …
Eviction Statistics are Tricky, so Be Careful of First Impressions
Detroit I was scratching my head. Everything the ACORN Home Savers Campaign knew from our experiences in building committees in cities around the country and talking to renters and land purchase contract signers indicated that evictions and the threat of evictions were soaring. In fact, in no small measure that was what was driving families …