Homeless Moms in Oakland - I'm surprised

[Sylvia B.]

JUDGE RULES HOMELESS WOMEN MUST LEAVE VACANT HOUSE THEY'VE BEEN OCCUPYING SINCE NOVEMBER

Link above to a Newsweek article published today. I was not surprised by the response of the squatters:

"We are not surprised by the ruling," said Moms 4 Housing's Dominique Walker in a statement to Newsweek. "We understand that the courts' hands are tied because in this country property rights are valued over human rights. That is why the California constitution needs to be amended to include the right to housing. We will not leave our home."

"This home was stolen from the Black community in the subprime mortgage crisis, and it's been sitting vacant for nearly years," said Walker in a November press release.

The last sentence of the article did surprise me - "Law enforcement were ordered to forcibly remove any occupants of the house if it is not vacant within five days." I would have expected it to take longer to get them out. After all, they've only been there since November. **eye roll**

[Nathan Gesner]

Two things I can know:

1. None of these council members are willing to work hard, purchase a property, and allow homeless to move in. They only believe in free housing when they can take it from someone else that has worked hard. They only believe in caring for the poor when it's paid for by someone else.

2. All of these council members believe it is evil to own property that sits vacant. Yet they vote for politicians that have second or third homes (bought by money earned as politicians, not through their own productivity) and they will never, ever require their beloved politicians to give up anything.

There is a growing segment of the population that believes we only build wealth by stealing from others. We didn't work for it, we don't deserve it any more than the next person, and we should be forced to share it with the "less fortunate." It's just a matter of time before states like California start seizing property and giving it to the homeless or poor, which is why we see successful people leaving the state.