ACORN Canada’s Leader, Mike Wood, is Front Page News

ACORN ACORN International Canada Organizing

Ahitara, New Zealand      The backbone of ACORN are members and leaders and that’s true of any solid, power-building community organization, tenants’ union or workers association.  It was great to see Mike Wood profiled on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator, the old blue-collar city in Ontario only hours away from Toronto.  I want to …

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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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