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 Section 8 is the key housing assistance support for lower income tenants in the United States. As public housing has been gutted over the last generation, the only real lifeline for lower income tenants has been Section 8. The waiting lists for such vouchers are extensive in city after city. Even with …
Baltimore There’s no question New York City’s Mayor Mamdani is a bright comet streaking through the political sky, inspiring passion and hope unlike any politician in decades. Far away from the big city, we root for his success, read about his daily progress, and wince at every sign of opposition and turmoil. As easy …
Marble Falls On social media, ACORN’s affiliate in Scotland, Living Rent, trumpeted a huge victory in winning rent controls in a historic first anywhere in the United Kingdom by a resounding vote of 89 to 28. Coupled with the progress in Westminster on the housing bill that ACORN and its allies are on …