people are doing this in the states here since the government won't folks!!!!! 💖😊
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image 1: press release header from Philadelphia Housing Action (dated september 26th, 2020) reads, 'PHILADELPHIA HOUSING ACTION CLAIMS VICTORY AFTER 6 MONTH DIRECT ACTION CAMPAIGN FORCES CITY TO RELINQUISH 50 VACANT HOMES TO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.'
image 2: headline of article by The Intercept (dated september 29th, 2020) reads, 'PHILADELPHIA ACTIVISTS ON VERGE OF HISTORIC WIN FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. Protesters and Philadelphia city officials have reached a tentative agreement to turn 50 properties over to a community land trust.'
ID: Text reads, 'They demanded community ownership of properties, so people can live freely and safely without being pushed around by PHA police or facing violence while sleeping outside.
The protest camps had formed as a way to protect one another from violence individuals experience while living on the street, Johnson said, particularly queer and transgender people. “Talk about Black Lives Matter: We’re talking about Black disabled people, we’re talking about Black drug users, we’re talking about Black sex workers, and we’re talking about Black women.”
“It’s the elderly, we have a lot that’s disabled — most of those who are in wheelchairs, who are mentally and severely physically disabled,” said Irvin Murray, a homeless resident and another organizer leading the encampments.'
check to see if you have a tenants union in your area. (this is just one step! not all tenants unions in the US are in this network, so look around.)
