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".
New Orleans It’s a fact of modern American life that most of family wealth lies right under the roof where we live. If you are able to buy a house, then you’ve managed to move up a rung on the ladder towards more security. Many economists and politicians would have us believe that …
New Orleans Nationally, rents are estimated to increase by 7% across the board in the United States. Some cities are on fire, like Austin and Miami, but even Memphis and Jacksonville are running past affordability. If you’re just barely making it or not making it at all, the relief offered by the various stimulus programs made a difference, …
New Orleans Crawling deeper and deeper down the dark hole of cash and corporate home-buying practices recently, one of the big players, previously unknown to me, was Opendoor. When I looked, it seemed like less a source where a prospective buyer would be fronted the cash to make an offer on a house to increase their chances …