Squatting
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Squatting is when someone starts living on empty land or in an empty building (usually a residential building) which the squatter does not own, rent or have permission to use. Author Robert Neuwirth suggested in 2004 that there were one billion squatters in the world.
Most squatting is residential. Squatting usually happens when a poor and homeless population sees old property or land.[1]
Freetown Christiania is enough popular place for squatters.
By Country
United States
In the United States, squatting laws are different from state to state and city to city. For the most part, it is not tolerated for long, especially in cities.[2]
Community organizations have helped the homeless to take over empty buildings. It is done not only to change the building to be a place to live but also a part of bigger campaign to let people know about inequality in housing. They also do it to help get change in housing and land issues.[3]
Squatting Media
Abahlali baseMjondolo protest in Durban
A pro-squatting protest in Greece, with participants carrying anarchist flags
The swimming pool area of the former Ducor Palace Hotel in Monrovia, Liberia
Street dwellers have taken over the entire pavement of this street in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India.
Rozbrat squat in Poznań.
The Chien Rouge (Red Dog) in Lausanne, in a former hospital
Police during eviction of the Topf & Söhne squat, 16 April 2009
A short-lived squat in Reykjavík in 2009. The signs say "We take matters into our own hands" and "The home is sacred, the property rights are not"
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References
- ↑ Peñalver, Eduardo M. (March 25, 2009). "Homesteaders in the Hood". Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2214544/.
- ↑ Romero, Roberta (2008-09-26), City moves to evict homeless campers, KING 5 TV, archived from the original on 2008-09-27, retrieved 2008-09-26
- ↑ Amy Starecheski (2016). Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226400006.