Squatters Take Back the Land
I knew the housing market was completely FUBAR, but I did not know it was this bad.
Coming to a city near you…
In Miami, an anti-poverty activist group called Take Back The Land not only matches up the homeless with empty properties but provides them with second-hand furniture, cleaning supplies and gardening assistance.
Some property owners in Atlanta, where officials describe foreclosures as an “epidemic”, have gone so far as to pay homeless people to live in their abandoned homes as a security measure.
Meanwhile, poverty campaigners in Cleveland, Ohio, are negotiating with the city authorities to allow homes people to move into and repair empty, dilapidated homes.
“We’re matching homeless people with people-less homes,” said Max Rameau, a co-founder of Take Back The Land.
“I think everyone deserves a home. Homeless people across the country are squatting in empty homes. The question is: is this going to be done out of desperation or with direction?” he said. Telegraph
Who is going to take back Michigan? The entire state is underwater. Check out the NPR article, the temporary residents do care for the properties, and help maintain the neighborhoods, which beats the alternatives.
Homeless encouraged to move into foreclosed houses
Telegraph UK
Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses
NPR
Hat Tip Upside Trader
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