Beacons of Hope in the European Housing Crisis

ACORN ACORN International Community Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAmsterdam      A housing conference took place in a workers’ center built in the heart of a neighborhood in the 1930s in the midst of the worldwide depression that the conveners thought underscored the possibilities even in the midst of the current European affordable housing crisis.  Guest presentations …

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The Dollars Driving Landlords to Evict Aren’t Big Time

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12192019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock      The landlord ideology about tenants is based on a narrative mythology that whenever they evict, it is because their tenants are deadbeats and scofflaws.  Landlords having powerful local and national organizations and a much louder voice than their tenants have been selling this swill for …

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Consolidating the Fight Against Housing Displacement in Canada

ACORN ACORN International Canada

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12152019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsQuebec City    After a day of training and reports, the ACORN Canada organizing staff really got serious when the Year End / Year Begin meeting began no holds barred wrestling with campaigns.  The discussion was particularly intense around the dual crises of affordable housing, beyond the reach …

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