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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Foreclosure

Bank of America’s Countrywide: One of the Worst Deals Ever

Financial Justice Foreclosure December 22, 2011 by wade

New Orleans – In one of the many articles on yet another multi-$100 million settlement, one story, almost in an aside, stated that the purchase of Countrywide’s assets by Bank of America, was “one of the worst deals ever.”  The price tag for Bank of America has been billions. This settlement with the Justice Department …

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Finally Support for Principal Reduction for Borrowers

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure November 5, 2011 by wade

New Orleans For not months but years, we have argued for principal reduction as the only realistic response to the foreclosure and homeowner crises in housing, and I have been clear that the main obstacle has been the collaboration between the banks that don’t want to reduce their balance sheets to reflect reality and the …

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Rope is Not a Lifeline for Millions of Underwater Homes

Foreclosure October 25, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Even though many economists are forcefully arguing that we cannot get out of this recession unless we finally realistically and aggressively address the home mortgage and foreclosure crises, President Obama through executive fiat continued down the same path that has been such an abysmal failure thus far.  The program the President announced would …

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