The Cracks in the Eviction Lab Wall are Undercounting the Crisis

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

New Orleans   When Princeton’s Eviction Lab came out with their national report on many jurisdictions court records of evictions, we had positive things to say about the project, but we were skeptical.  The report seemed to undercount the experience in the community of ACORN Home Savers Campaign.  A critical flaw seemed to be the very …

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Real Estate Wealth Taxes as a Anti-Gentrification Tool

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

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 …

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