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FEMA Awards Fire Prevention Grant to ACORN

hypocritexposer

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Exclusive: FEMA Awards Fire Prevention Grant to ACORN
by Capitol Confidential

Just a few weeks ago, on September 4th, FEMA handed over $1 million to the ACORN Institute, an ACORN affiliate in New Orleans. The grant is for “fire prevention.” You can find the grant here. Virtually every other organization receiving “fire prevention” grants is a fire deparment or medical facility.

Here’s some background on ACORN Institute:

An affiliate of ACORN, the ACORN Institute, has been a participant in the IRS tax assistance program. The institute prides itself as a one-stop shopping service for low-income households seeking free benefits. In addition to tax preparation, it also provides information on how to secure government aid and to prevent mortgage foreclosure. Among the ACORN Institute’s partners are Citigroup, H&R Block and the Marguerite Casey Foundation. If even many Democrats in Congress are embarrassed by their history of support for ACORN, surely these entities can be as well.

Unclear what any of that has to do with “fire prevention.” According to FEMA, anyone with questions about the grants is urged to contact them at 1-866-274-0960, or via email at [email protected]

http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/29/exclusivefema-awards-fire-prevention-grant-to-acorn/
 

Steve

Well-known member
Makes you wonder who started the tidalwave of arsons?
In 1982, ACORN opened its first office on the third floor of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene. Our commitment and our philosophy, then as now, was to organize and build power for poor people to fight to improve the quality of our neighborhoods.

When we began, a tidal wave of abandonment and arson was sweeping away our neighborhoods, leaving homelessness in its wake. In response, ACORN members came together in East New York and Brownsville and fought back. Through squatting, direct action and sheer tenaciousness, we pushed then-Mayor Ed Koch to turn over a group of abandoned buildings to us to run as low-income co-operatives for ACORN members.
http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=1953
 
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