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**