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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

Fighting Holiday and Second Homes

ACORN International Community Organizing Housing July 9, 2022July 8, 2022 by digital

Heerlen       One of the more interesting campaigns that ACORN has engaged in Britain, in the ongoing housing crisis over the shortage of affordable homes and rental units, focuses on the explosion of second homes and holiday homes.  Holiday homes are a pleasant-sounding euphemism for what would be known in the US as Airbnb’s and other …

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Financialized Housing

ACORN International Canada Financialization Housing June 23, 2022 by digital

            Atlanta             The highlight of an ACORN convention since the first one in Memphis in 1978 has been the big action on the last day, and true to form that was also the case in Montreal. ACORN Canada members and leaders found the perfect target for the “Make Housing Our Right!”  The headquarters of …

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Home Ownership is Becoming Impossible, so How About Tenant Rights?

Housing Ideas and Issues Rights June 10, 2022 by digital

              New Orleans      If you’re in the market to buy a house, you’re in trouble.  The current economy is not your friend. The bad news just keeps on coming. Interest rates have jumped to 5.27%, the highest level in 13-years, piling hundreds of dollars onto monthly payments, and over 30-years, a wheelbarrow full …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

04/16/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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