Placemakers
Placemakers
Slate Podcasts
Placetaking: Squatting for House and Home
28 minutes Posted Oct 3, 2016 at 5:00 am.
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After punk singer Steven DeCaprio learned how to legally acquire tax-

defaulted property in Oakland, California, by squatting, he decided to grow a

movement of political “squatter-activists” to take over the land. The group, known

as Land Action, seeks to provide access to land for purposes of social justice and

environmental organizing.


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