alternative housing

Thought about this website after a random FaceTime call with my cousin at 2am. I talked to him about wanting to move and start fresh after breaking up with my boyfriend and not being happy with the way things are going for me in this small suburban town (definitely don’t want to say I have it...

Found a good place to squat since my last one was found out. This time there's nobody to come check on the place. However my main issue is getting inside. There's two glass sliding doors and one window that would be optimal entry points, however I can't get them open with this method. Any advice?

Hey y’all, Maybe this is too much to ask, but I know there’s a punk house in SLC UT somewhere that you can stay for a night or two. You hop in the through the window… I’m trying to figure out where it’s located.? Or if there’s someone I can speak to around town that would know.

A co-worker of mine, who is probably in his mid to late 40s very recently quit his job at the plant, loaded up both of his fully equipped diesel pick up trucks, one with a slide in camper, the other with a flat bed that currently has large water tanks on it, and split out to a piece of property...

Hey I was wondering if anyone has heard of groups of people finding ghost towns and reviving them as homesteads or little independent communities? I currently live in ontario and I know of a few of these ghost towns spread throughout the province and abroad. My childhood was spent on a...

I'm thinking of cheap or zero cost housing alternatives and one of the things that came to mind was: building & sleeping in a diy shelter made out of cardboard, and using a tarp to cover the shelter from rain 🌧️ soaking me. How do you make a diy shelter out of cardboard & set up a rain tarp...

Homeless in general, where do they get their tents? Donated by city and homeless services, their own they bought, or a mix of both? I’m from NorCal and in the LA area in a hotel and thought of camping on Venice Beach. I don’t have a car but could rent one and do some instacart in a day, and...

Here's a short article about people living at airports, with some updated stats about the pandemic. www.cnn.com/travel/article/how-people-end-up-living-at-airports

I know that Alaska is flooded with public cabins. They are everywhere. I also know that in Death Valley they have a public cabin. Are there any other public cabins in the USA? I want to live in a public cabin for a bit. I thought about squatting in a rental but the park rangers or owners could...

Gypsy Vardo Wagons have become something of a symbol of freedom. The home of the traveller, yet home none-the-less. For Frenchy, a young woman from Wellington, New Zealand who works in performance arts and frequently travels, building her own Gypsy-Vardo-Style Caravan was the ideal housing...

I've been stuck in NYC for the last like 4 years in an apartment. I want to go into the woods for awhile and live off the land, somewhere I'm not going to be bothered by landowners or cops/rangers. I want to be able to build stuff and if I have to worry about rangers kicking me off of state...

Like the title says, my friend owns an empty plot of land (zoned residential) near downtown Los Angeles. He hasn't built anything on it because he doesn't want to gentrify, but he brought up that I could make use of it if I wanted to move there. I can't afford to build a proper house and...

There is an attic I have been offered as a room but don’t want to be breathing dust and insulation. Any tips on making it livable on the cheap using dumpstered/inexpensive materials?

I was taking the train to work this morning and looking at all the pickups without toppers in the commuter parking lots. I remembered taking naps in my pickup when I owned one.... Has anyone resorted to sleeping in the bed of an unoccupied pickup? FYI I'm not advocating this as a good idea just...

Alright, peeps... I'm gonna share with you my on-going journey with the art of land cultivation, building, and off-grid living. I began this with my partner @Caveman118 in mid November of 2018. This all started after I finally spent some time in Louisiana, being my 48th state hit while...

Hi everybody, my husband and I are moving from France to Atlanta, GA in early September and will live there for a year. We are looking for communal living areas that we could join in the city. We are currently living with 13 other people in a big house where we work collectively on different...

Hello STP! I just bought 10 acres in 29 palms. Im looking to start a desert farm/squat. If anyone is interested let me know!

I know I'm asking for a holy grail, but just figured I'd throw the question out there. Looking for some land where I can build an experimental homestead. Don't want to be too out in the boonies as I enjoy some city life. So tired of being fucked with due to codes and regulations because Karen...

Beyond Sqaut or Rot: Anarchist Approaches to housing. As someone who has spent a considerable portion of my life fascinated by co-housing and/or coop housing and has visited many variants of such, Im quite surprised that I have never read this.

in your opinion, where in all the eastern united states would something like what we see in the slabs be even remotely possible , and why? im curious what others think. what states, massive areas are out there where? i kinda assume not, but if i didnt know about slab city i wouldnt think a place...