Housing Now! – No Trespass = No Justice (Photo)

Photo:
8-12-01
San Francisco, CA
On an upper story balcony of 170 Fell Street – behind a no trespassing sign - these two Homes Not Jails squatters had just finished hanging banner reading “Housing Now!”. The other banner reads ”Warning – Justice Being Served” and includes the Homes Not Jails logo.

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Homes Not Jails Occupying Vacant City Property

Eight or nine people entered vacant city-owned property at 170 Fell Street Saturday Night.
They announced the location of the “squat” Sunday morning and held a press conference at noon.
Ted Gullicksen of Homes Not Jails told the assembled crowd of supporters and media that 170 Fell St. “could house well over 100 people…the same amount of people who died on the street last year”.

Information from Homes Not Jails Press Release:

170 Fell has been vacant for 11 years!
San Francisco has over 12,000 people who are homeless who are living on the streets. Each year, well over a hundred people die from being homeless in San Francisco.

“Empty public property should become housing for people who are homeless…
The state & federal governments have laws requiring vacant public property be used for housing people who are homeless (enforced?). San Francisco should too.”

Proposed legislation - as posted on http://www.sf.indymedia.org by Homes Not Jails:
http://www.indybay.org/display.php3?article_id=102934

Homes Not Jails’ website:
http://www.sftu.org/hnj.html