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2. History of ACORN in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Bertha Lewis (2008–2010) [1] Budget. US$25 Million, 10% federal funding [2] The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ( ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community -based organizations that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working. The association was founded in 1970 by Wade Rathke and Gary ...

3. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

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   The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ( ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community -based organizations that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues. They, along with a number of other ...

4. Urban homesteading (housing) - Wikipedia

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   In 1974, under Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Congress authorized the Urban Homesteading Demonstration (1975-1977) which involved the transfer of vacant VA and FHA-foreclosed properties to 23 state and local agencies at no cost. [1] During the original demonstration 61 cities applied to the program and 23 were ...

5. ACORN Housing Sprouts New Identity - AOL

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   When the community organizing group ACORN fell to a notorious video sting last year by conservative activists posing as a "pimp" and a "ho," some of the biggest losers were thousands of homeowners ...

6. America Needs a New Approach on Affordable Housing ... - AOL

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   Many of these projects have taken inspiration from longstanding social housing programs in Western Europe, most notably Vienna, where more than half a million residents, both low-income and middle ...

7. ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy - Wikipedia

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   ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. In 2009, workers at offices of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a collection of autonomous community based organizations that advocated for low and moderate income families, were secretly recorded by conservative activists Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe.