"Millions of foreclosed homes and abandoned buildings on one hand; millions of Americans desperate for decent shelter on the other. Hannah Dobbz makes the necessary addition of resources and needs in a book that is both a brilliant history of squatting in the USA and a template for the next stage of the Occupy movement.--Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums and Buda's Wagon
Introduction1. And Then There Were None:Indigenous Land Struggles and the Problem of Ownership2. "Scattering the Seeds of Discord, Misery, and Insurrection with Both Hands":Land Distribution and Resistance in the 18th and 19th Centuries3. Junkspace and Its Discontents:A Modern History of Urban Housing4. The Rendering Scarce:Squatters in the Foreclosure Age5. Surreal Estate:Adverse Possession and Other Tales of Squatters' "Rights" 6. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility:The White Elephants of Homeownership7. Equitable Living without Equity:Housing Cooperatives and Land Trusts8. The Stories of Spaces:Urban Planning and the Wonder of Used PlacesConclusion