How ACORN Foresaw the Foreclosure Crisis in 2001

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East Bay Express | September 30, 2009
The grassroots group helped Oakland pass a tough anti-predatory lending law that would have halted the housing crisis before it started. Then subprime lenders started making campaign contributions in Sacramento.

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