In my latest opinion piece for CNN, I praise the Occupy movement for putting needy families in needy homes — and helping our housing economy rebound.
Granted, helping homeowners stop eviction orders and helping homeless families occupy empty, bank-owned homes is a short-term strategy, but one that will hopefully draw public attention to the injustice of millions of foreclosed homes and millions of homeless families, an injustice that banks could easily have addressed if they cared about our nation and our economy a fraction as much as they care about their bottom lines.
Read the full piece here and tell me what you think.
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