From 95e7935ae9519c7ac92b06e1fde9ec4ec5757476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: iva Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:20:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md' --- content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md b/content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md index 5adad2a..062836a 100644 --- a/content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md +++ b/content/session/criminalisationofhousingstruggles.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Criminalization of Housing Struggles --- -# How practising the right to home becomes a crime? +# How practicing the right to home becomes a crime? Challenging private property with housing practices and solidarity actions to ensure that people have access to housing has been systematically discouraged by means of creating obstacles, vilification, stigmatization and juridical action. These practices have been referred to as criminalization of solidarity. Criminalization of solidarity in Europe has been soaring after the crisis in 2008. Individuals involved in the anti-eviction actions have been penalized and arrested, squatting has been illegalized in most European countries and replaced with profitable practices as property guardianship. The most severe attacks have been directed towards solidarity with migrants, including self-organized housing usually run by migrants and solidarity groups.