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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN09012019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ann Carpenter works with the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. Her work in understanding the challenges and predation for lower income families trying to buy homes has been outstanding. Almost exactly two years ago, the ACORN Home Savers Campaign met with her in a …
Milwaukee Looking city to city, part of what is driving rents up to record highs and exacerbating the affordable housing crisis is the critical intrusion of large corporate ownership of single-family homes in some markets in addition to larger developments where they have always been a factor. The ACORN Home Savers Campaign has monitored this …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Patty-Griffin-01-Where-I-Come-From-200014675.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A paper by Eric Seymour and Josh Akers in the Cities journal ranked the density of various forms of land contracts that have surged to the forefront in low income areas since the 2008 financial crisis. This brilliant paper aligns with the work of …