Freddie Mac, Rent Controls and Predatory Contracts

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CORR4549.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans  Freddie Mac is the popular name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company.  It is a government sponsored entity or GSE.  It’s main purpose since 1970 has been to buy and finance mortgages on the secondary market, making in safer for banks and savings …

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Is Code Enforcement the Friend or Enemy of Lower Income Family Home Ownership?

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/01_VEN_AQUI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans    As a principle part of our organizing around adequate and affordable housing over decades, we’ve always believed in there being a “warrant of habitability” and some clear standards in housing codes that insured the safety and health of lower income families.  We still believe that, …

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