Reply #46: Actually they are doing that in FL

[mntleo2]

...they actually have a group that re-arranges with the police and city officials that they plan to "squat" in an abandoned home. What the cities are discoverring is that not only does it re-energize a dying neighborhood, houses are maintained, spruced up and yards manicured by the families that move in.

In a way it becomes a relief for everyone ~ except of course the banks whose greed knows no bounds after being bailed out with our trillions and they want more. However it it looks like it pays cities to look the other way because this kind of take-over is helping them.

I think it is wonderful! I can look for the links if you would like.

Our poverty network was looking at doing that here in my state as well (WA). Our problem is that we are not seeing entire neighborhoods going down and so we do not think it would work so well in this area. In almost every neighborhood there are abandoned houses, most often in upper income neighborhoods. But you can bet your sweet bippy that those entited wouldn't allow THAT. Like most eilitsts they would rather have babies and elders shivering in a car, that of course they would never allow to park on their streets, than (gasp) have poor people move in next door.


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