ACORN’s Home Defenders

Posted by Matthew Brian Hersh on March 9, 2009

Should have posted this sooner, but here’s interesting news from ACORN

ACORN members in 16 kicked off the “Home Staying Campaign the week of February 23. These cities include San Mateo County, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Wilmington, Del.; Broward County, Fla.; Boston, Mass.; Flint and Detroit, Mich.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Raleigh and Durham, N.C.; Albany, N.Y.; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pa. and Dallas, Texas.

According to a release from ACORN, the campaign “will employ civil disobedience as needed to help people who have faced foreclosure to stay in their homes until a comprehensive federal solution has been put in place.”

In the upcoming issue of Shelterforce we will report on a similar act—this time sanctioned by the Sheriff’s Department of Cook County, Ill. where a neighborhood council in Chicago worked to suspend the evictions of renters in foreclosed buildings. While the tenants are still in their homes, the fight continues. Stay tuned…