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Squatting resources!
Because the state prioritizes landlords’ right to leech money off of the working class during a pandemic while contributing nothing of value to society over tenants’ right to not die of exposure, we’re about to face a global eviction crisis. That means people will be thrown out on the street to fend off a deadly virus while houses that nobody can afford sit empty. At the same time, countless small businesses and community centers are shutting down because they can’t afford rent
So here are a few guides to squatting, breaking into and living in or otherwise using (e.g. as a social center) abandoned property:
Opening Doors: A Primer
The 75 River Do It Yourself Occupation Guide
It’s Vacant, Take It! by Homes Not Jails
Bonus: How to occupy and collectivize your workplace
Bonus: The Autonomous Tenants Union Network, a North American collaborative of radical tenants unions
I hope you find these interesting!
Some awesome shirts from the Shayne Wilde collection at the State Library of Queensland (@statelibraryqueensland). Really awesome glimpse into the queer scene in Brisbane in the 90s!