The City of the Future is Not a Technical Problem

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Organizing

New Orleans We have been lucky the last month. ACORN International has enjoyed the help of a smart and adventuresome young woman, Luba Batembergska, from Sofia, Bulgaria with wide interests in social justice, environment, education, and social welfare. We have tried to embed her deeply in various organizing field experiences to give her tools and …

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The Coming and Current Crisis: Rising Rents and Evictions

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure

Little Rock   Cause and effect. Truth and consequences. What goes around, comes around. Pick your favorite, but it was virtually inevitable that when you have a residential housing bubble explode, a recession, massive foreclosures, wipe out 30-years of home ownership gains among African-Americans and Latinos, and tighten credit markets and standards for low-and-moderate income families, …

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