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".
Pearl River I approach so-called “opportunity indexes” with a heavy dose of skepticism, largely because I worry about an urban strategy that dilutes concern for the whole community by carving out islands for special treatment. This has been the bane of community development corporations, focusing on specific neighborhoods or areas, and, despite attracting …
New Orleans Finally, I’ve found a reason to keep up with the push-and-shove of some workers to stay at home rather than going back to the office: retrofitting office buildings to affordable residential housing units. In a discussion recently with the co-founder of the apartment application, Dwellsy, I raised the question about whether …
Marble Falls Dwellsy is one of those Silicon Valley startups, we read about constantly. The niche they are trying to carve out in the market I would describe as something along the lines of being the Zillow for rental properties, the “be all and end all” source for tenants looking to rent apartments …