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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: Housing

Pulte is a Mortgage Mess and Has to Go

Housing Misinformation November 14, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Bill Pulte is the administrator of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the huge mortgage guarantors that are critical to the housing market and the ability of Americans to own and remain in their homes.  Of course, he’s a Trump diehard, and that’s not the problem, …

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Renters are About to Have Real Rights in UK

ACORN International England Housing September 2, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans        I made a smart decision to attend a workshop of renters’ rights in the United Kingdom at the ACORN England and Wales first convention in Bristol.  I knew we had been a key part of a housing reform coalition and built strong alliances to get something through parliament under the new …

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Tenants Have a Mountain to Climb in Catania

ACORN International Housing Tenants August 30, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Bristol         Over the years, I’ve been to Sicily a number of times.  It’s a wonderful place in so many ways with a generous people, unmatched virtually anywhere in the world.  Palermo, the Simeto Valley, Paterno, and another towns and cities across the island have all welcomed me, but nowhere more than Catania.  Over …

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