Double Whammy on the Desperate in Ontario

ACORN Canada

Hamilton         The ACORN Canada board and annual general meeting was in full force before the biennial convention was scheduled to begin in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is a former steel-making, industrial city along Lake Ontario, roughly midway between Toronto, the queen city of Canada, and Buffalo, New York.  Hamilton is having a revival of sorts, but that …

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Freddie Mac, Rent Controls and Predatory Contracts

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CORR4549.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans  Freddie Mac is the popular name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company.  It is a government sponsored entity or GSE.  It’s main purpose since 1970 has been to buy and finance mortgages on the secondary market, making in safer for banks and savings …

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