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Mothers who occupied vacant Oakland house will be allowed to buy it →

February 05, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

Intervention of California governor helps Moms 4 Housing group score victory in fight against state’s homeless crisis. THE GUARDIAN

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February 05, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
mothers, oakland, squatting, homelessness
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In abandoned Cape Town hospital, squeezed residents heal wounds of gentrification →

December 04, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

About 1,400 people occupy the disused Woodstock Hospital and an abandoned nurses' home, in protest of the rising rents they say have forced many from their homes. PLACE

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December 04, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
cape town, hospital, gentrification, squatting
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