From 076df274bbb8a9c9ee878f8d8269cd880c3c9277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ana Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 17:57:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/session/squatting.md' --- content/session/squatting.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/session/squatting.md b/content/session/squatting.md index 8374b77..5a80ed3 100644 --- a/content/session/squatting.md +++ b/content/session/squatting.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Squatting # Is squatting part of the housing movement? -Squatting is a practice of claiming space without seeking permission which has a long tradition dating back to the pre-capitalist times. Squatting has been a response to the urgent situations of lack of housing and is an act that shifts the political terrain. In debates around squatting there has been a tendency to differentiate squatting into squatting out of necessity and political squatting as a militant act and part of social movements. During the so-called housing crisis, the housing movement has embraced the use of empty buildings for shelter and housing, as a response to homelessness due to foreclosures and urgent need for shelter. This has lead to requisitioning of squatting and politicization of squatting out of necessity. +Squatting is a practice of claiming space without seeking permission which has a long tradition dating back to the pre-capitalist times. Squatting has been a response to the urgent situations of lack of housing and is an act that shifts the political terrain. In debates around squatting there has been a tendency to differentiate squatting into squatting out of necessity and political squatting as a militant act and part of social movements. During the so-called housing crisis, the housing movement has embraced the use of empty buildings for shelter and housing, as a response to homelessness due to foreclosures and urgent need for shelter. This has led to repolitisation of squatting as such, but also to renewed interpretation of squatting out of necessity as a political act. ## Proposed resources