squatting

  1. Mabombix

    Alone in the Windy City

    Hi there! I'm Maeve, a 19 year old trans woman who just got thrown out of her family home. I don't really have an interesting story aside from that, but I figure that's not super uncommon on this forum. I'm an amateur cartoonist and guitarist, and I'm looking for squats in or around Chicago that...
  2. Slingshot Collective

    Book Reviews: Fighting for Spaces, Fighting for Our Lives: Squatting Movements Today

    https://slingshotcollective.org/a18-book-reviews-fighting-for-spaces-fighting-for-our-lives-squatting-movements-today/ Squatting Everywhere Collective (SqeK) Edition Assemblage 2018 Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 37, D – 48157 Münster Review by dj dio This book is 356 pages long and contains 30...
  3. Prometheus

    Squatting Ghost Towns Out West

    Hey comrades, I've avidly developed a huge interest (both historical and personal) in ghost towns of the 19th to early 20th century and am musing on the idea of squatting one, or at least exploring more of them out west than the handful of tourist attractions I've seen and the one so abandoned...
  4. cherryb0mb

    ADVICE NEEDED FROM EXPERIENCED SQUATTERS AND BUMS

    So we’re stuck in Oklahoma. Our Explorer is in the shitter and needs $800 worth of repairs plus the $700 we already put in that shit shoe. We keep the Explorer for sleeping space which is very helpful traveling with our two furry kiddos. BUT winter is almost passed and we need to get the fuck...
  5. T

    Hello! Galway squats needed

    Hello all, I'm very new to this but i'm excited and hope you welcome me in. I'm going to keep this short and sweet, im looking for somewhere to squat in Galway in the West of Ireland, indoors/underground preferably. All help is much appreciated :)
  6. AAAutin

    Squat the Paeans — Member Appreciation Thread

    It's the holiday season once more; and whether you're on the road away from loved ones or housed up and stuck with them, it can be a time of intense loneliness. So, I figure it's as good a time as any to express our love for one another—like the maudlin saps we are. C'mon and gather round, ya...
  7. Stiv Rhodes

    Country Squat in Kitsap County, WA

    Some folks at the Jambo said I should post some pics of the awesome house I've been working on over the last 6 months. It sits on 4 acres. The owner died and left all their stuff behind. The bank has a lien on it and will probably foreclose next year. It was vacant 3 years, but the owner only...
  8. Slingshot Collective

    Kansas City Squatters' Handbook from the feral cat collective

    I would post this in the library but the PDF isn't downloading to this computer. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223190626/http://zinelibrary.info/files/kcsquat.pdf Anyone else who has lost 'zines when zinelibrary.info went down, please check archive.org for it!
  9. A

    Squatting Augusta, GA

    Anyone bummin around downtown Augusta, GA? I've got a dope squat here. No way of knowing how long it'll hold for, but if things fall through, I know of other spots. This one's a loft right on Broad St with rigged electric and some furniture, including clean mattresses. Hardwoods, chandeliers...
  10. MadAndy

    Squat Across Europe Summer Media Project Idea. Need Your Advice

    Hey everyone. I'm still sorta new here, and most of my travel experience is limited to more traditional means of transport, through the US... and then several years of packing around the Middle East and South Asia. I got hitched to a Spaniard a couple of years back, so I live in Spain now, but...
  11. Tigerlily

    Squat in SoCal

    Hi everyone, I'm new to this whole thing and have been seriously contemplating squatting in a vacant home I found. So the home has been vacant for a year because the owners died. I checked with the county for property owners names, info and taxes. Owners are still the deceased and taxes are...
  12. Vagrant Son

    Need advice about starting a squat

    Im staying in nyc. There are currently 6 people staying here but only 3 are on the lease. We got an eviction notice a few days ago. Myself and the two others that aren't on the lease plan to squat it out. Any advice moving forward would be greatly appreciated.
  13. Des

    Insulating/heating a squat

    What up y’all? Can anyone point me in the direction/give me any advice on insulating or heating a squat for winter? Ive heard sealing up the windows can help but one of the folks squatting with us is pretty sensitive to cold and I’d like to make this as doable as possible for them
  14. S

    Anyone in PDX want to squat a house with me?

    I have comrades who've been squatting or scoping out houses and nobody's invited me. I've always idealized the squatterpunk lifestyle, winter's coming, and I hear PDX has chill squatting laws. I don't want to do it alone because I've never done it before and I'm a fuck up, and I don't want to be...
  15. Matt Derrick

    #08 - Adventures in Squatting with Homes Not Jails

    Link: https://youtu.be/9dkUp3n1Gzs This week we'll be speaking with Wren and Stix as they recall some of their previous work opening abandoned buildings for squatters in the San Francisco bay area. The StP podcast is a weekly series discussing various topics related to underground travel and...
  16. Stiv Rhodes

    It's Vacant Take It

    @Stiv Rhodes submitted a new resource: It's Vacant Take It - San Francisco Homes Not Jails How-To Read more about this resource...
  17. D

    Albany NY: Millennial survivalists share downtown squat, anarchist ideals

    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Millenial-survivalists-share-downtown-squat-13215107.php#photo-16216489 David Gunn had just been released from the hospital after trying to kill himself when he met the fallen beauty who changed his life...
  18. tony longshanks

    Creative housing alternatives aka squatting in strange and unusual places!

    THIS IS A LENGTHY POST AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ADDING TO IT AT INTERVALS UNTIL IT'S DONE Others can & should share their answers at any time I guess this should be moved to either the Squatting or Alternative Housing forums if it makes the cut __________________ In SF between 2011 and 2015 I had...
  19. ElNayshon

    hawaii squats

    Anyone know of any squats on the big island? Im headed there in a couple of weeks and might need a squat if things fall out. If anyone here has been in hawaii Id love to hear from you.
  20. TheRealRadical1

    Anyone know any squats or safe spaces in Houston, Texas?

    I was wondering if there were any places, like squat locations or safe spaces, that I could visit in Houston. I've been to a couple before, but I was wondering if any still exist. Peace, Joel