Occupy, Takeover: How Philadelphia Housing Action Turned Vacant Buildings Into Homes

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Following months of riots, building barricades, and stand-offs with police trying to evict encampments, in late September of 2020, Philadelphia Housing Action was able to claim victory, after the city of Philadelphia offered 50 unsheltered families access to housing in formerly vacant buildings, a process which people had already begun in the months prior, as... Read Full Article

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