Vision Rent-to-Own Buyers in Ohio are Confused and Unhappy

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

Youngstown  Where we had four ACORN doorknocking teams in Pittsburgh, we only had two in Youngstown, Ohio, but that seemed right since with hardly 70,000 inhabitants now, Youngstown was less than one-fifth the size of Pittsburgh. Putting the lists together at the Youngstown Public Library and the second-chance Café Augustine, run by the Catholic Diocese …

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Doorknocking Home Buyer Victims of Contract Buying Scams in Pittsburgh

ACORN ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues

Pittsburgh   The more we researched the revival of contract for deed land purchases in places from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit to Philly, and the rapidly spreading, predatory scam involving rent-to-own agreements, the more it became obvious that we had to get on the doors and listen to what people were saying who were living in …

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