[Diggers350] Squatters turn Oxford University building into homeless shelter

[greenwomble]

Home are easy. Houses aren't. If the planners won't plan for any homes
except houses your going to get house planning with everyone homeless
until they pay for houses.

Pay for your life or die wage slave.

Can you imagine a population that wasn't absolutely brainwashed and TV
programmed into the delusion that home=house!

There's plenty of homes around, homes are easy.

Houses aren't houses cost.

So wake up. to artificial scarcity and artificial shortage.

Wake up to being ruled over by the lofty one.

In any case the human is still a primate and has a primate group body,
so the planners if they weren't in the employ of commerce and thugs
who tax us and separate us would not be planning for houses, nor would
they be planning for homes, they just wouldn't be employed and we
would extend our group body families and live in villages.

On 10/01/2017, tony at cultureshop.org.uk [Diggers350]
<Diggers350-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Squatters turn Oxford University building into homeless shelter
> https://www.twitter.com/TonyGosling/status/818838933047898112
>
> Situation for rough sleepers is at a 'critical point' while dozens of
> University buildings lie empty, activists say
>
> Niamh McIntyre @niamh_mcintyre 6 hours  ago4 comments
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/squat-oxford-university-homeless-shelter-a7517916.html
> Activists drop a banner from the Iffley Road building, owned by Wadham
> college Iffley Open House
> A group of activists have occupied a building owned by an Oxford college and
> are using the space as a shelter for the city’s homeless population.
>
> Fourteen people have been sleeping at the shelter, which has its own kitchen
> and showering facilities, since New Year’s Eve.
>
> The building has been vacant since it was purchased by Wadham College in
> 2015, and will eventually be turned into student accommodation. The
> squatters have sent an open letter to Wadham asking for their permission to
> continue using the space for the rest of the winter.
>
> 'Pop-up squat' in Knightsbridge for Housing Bill
> “The situation for rough sleepers and homeless people in Oxford is now at a
> critical point," the letter states.
>
> “Oxford University and colleges like Wadham own dozens of buildings across
> the city which lie empty, some of which have been empty for almost a decade,
> that could be repurposed as shelters, social housing and social spaces.”
>
> Latest figures show the number of rough sleepers in Oxford has more than
> trebled since 2010.
>
> Sandra Phillips, one of the activists running the shelter, said the
> homelessness crisis in Oxford had been exacerbated by the council’s decision
> to reduce its funding for homeless support by 38% last year.
>
> “61 beds were lost in 2016 with the closure of Lucy Faithfull House, which
> had been offering support to rough sleepers in Oxford for 30 years,” Ms
> Phillips said.
>
> “A further 202 beds will be lost over the next 12 months. But this space is
> vast - it could literally house every homeless person in Oxford.”
>
> Wadham, whose alumni includes architect Christopher Wren, Labour party
> leader Michael Foot and the actor Felicity Jones, has a financial endowment
> of over £80 million.
>
> A Change.org petition asking the college to “do the right thing for homeless
> people this winter” had gathered 647 signatures at the time of writing.
>
>
> Henry McGrath, 60, who has been staying at Iffley Open House, told The
> Independent the shelter had made an “enormous difference” to his wellbeing.
>
> “It’s been really difficult sleeping rough this winter, with the the heavy
> rain and sub-zero temperatures. It’s very comfortable and secure, and you
> can actually go to sleep here, without constantly waking up because of
> noise, or out of fear that something might happen to you”, he said.
>
> “I’ve been homeless for a year, and no one had done anything for me.
>
> “But suddenly, these people turned up out of the blue, and they’ve organised
> something amazing. They’re just ordinary people, with ordinary jobs, and
> look at what they’ve achieved in a few days. If they can set a shelter up,
> why can’t the council do anything like this?"
>
> A group of Wadham students will be meeting to petition the college to
> support the shelter when term begins next week.
>
>
> READ MORE
> Emergency shelters open as charities warn cold may kill the homeless
> Rowan Davis, a fourth year biology student, said, “Oxford University has a
> long history of using its privilege to the detriment of the rest of our
> community – providing this group of rough sleepers with a home during the
> winter months is the very least we can do to fight the toxic housing
> situation in this city.
>
> Julia Banfield, director of communications at Wadham Colllege, said: “Wadham
> College has been contacted by an organisation requesting the use of the old
> VW garage on Iffley Road as a temporary shelter and we are aware that some
> homeless people have entered various parts of the building.
>
> "Wadham is investigating the ramifications of this move, with particular
> concern for the safety of those who are sleeping rough in an old and
> dilapidated building.
>
> “The college will be making every effort to speak to representatives of this
> homeless group as well as local residents, safety experts and the site
> developers."
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> 33 minutes ago
> MattStorm
> Good on them, so many empty locations across the city that would just get
> vandalsied when they could be a safe haven for the homeless. In no way could
> staying here be any less dangerous than living on the streets, thats a poor
> excuse.
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> 1 hour ago
> freckle_face
> Love seeing the compassionate comments on here. For those interested, Iffley
> Open House crowdfunder here https://www.youcaring.com/iffleyopenhouse-733287
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> 5 hours ago
> Smarshall
> I live, with my daughter, on the road next to this site and homeless people
> were staying underneath and taking shelter for a number of months before
> they boarded it all up (which I can only assume was done to stop homeless
> people staying there). They were no trouble and even set up their own
> recycling bin! I think if they are able to set up a safe place to stay which
> is currently being unused whilst various planning applications go through
> then it is surely the right thing to do. This weekend is going to be cold
> and I for one will be going down with some food and checking everyone is ok
> - and hopefully still there not being evicted!
>
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> 20 hours ago
> GEORGE
> It's great to see local citizens getting up off their backsides, showing
> some initiative and providing an actual solution to an ever growing problem.
> ReplyShare+5
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