WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN08282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville New York City added a right to legal counsel for tenants facing eviction. It made a difference with the city’s eviction rate falling from almost 29000 in 2013 to only a bit over 18000 in last year. Nationally, it is likely that more than 2.5 million …
New Orleans For tenant activists and organizers around the country and the world, rent control, real rent control, often seems like gold at the end of the rainbow, almost a mirage, certainly unattainable, and perhaps not worth the struggle. New York City has long been a beacon for tenants trying to win such protections, …
Chicago When affordable housing is in the headlines, it’s a safe bet that it is not prompted by a concern for low-and-moderate income families, but maybe we can take a lemon and make it lemonade, as activists are doing in many cities. Here’s the context. According to Knight Frank, a London-based real-estate consultancy reported in …