Real Estate Wealth Taxes as a Anti-Gentrification Tool

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

New Orleans   Recently I listened to an interview with a prominent local developer on WAMF in New Orleans as he was asked about gentrification.  He tried to walk the line between his self-interest and progressive values.  He was against displacement on one hand, but he opposed inclusionary zoning that would require developers to create affordable …

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The Ironies of Vancouver: The Post-Gentrified City

ACORN ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

Vancouver       Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada may be a case study of the post-gentrified city.  Average housing prices have dropped all the way down to $1.4 million per house.  The Vancouver Sun reported that a Habitat for Humanity house had sold for $330,000.  ACORN Canada’s office and all of our groups are in the working-class …

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Hedge Fund Housing Horror Stories in California

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Organizing

San Jose       At the University of California at Santa Cruz in the question and answer period after THE ORGANIZER, I got what has become a standard question about the role of social media in organizing.  I’m always kind but clear.  Social media is a fantastic and inexpensive communication tool that is invaluable for organizing, but …

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