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Squatting

Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building (usually residential) that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. Squatting typically occurs when people find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing.

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Squatting

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related to Western Europe · 69
Squatting → After, Amedeo Modigliani, Amsterdam, An, Another, Antwerp, Bateau-Lavoir, Battle, Berlin, Binz, Boulevard, Christiania, Committee, Copenhagen, December, Defend, Denmark, DHAC, Disco Disco, Doel
related to North America · 51
Squatting → After, California Gold Rush, City, City Council, During, Examples, Frances Street, Great Depression, Great Recession, Halifax, Herbert Hoover, Hoovervilles, However, If, In, In Canada, Infirmary Squat, Montreal, Métis, New Mexico
related to Africa · 34
Squatting → An, As, Between, Burkinabés, Cairo, Dead, During, Egypt, Egypt's, First Liberian Civil War, Grande Hotel Beira, In, In African, In Alexandria, In Liberia, Informal, Lagos, Liberia, Liberia Land Authority, LLA
related to Central and Eastern Europe · 33
Squatting → AKC, Białystok, Bucharest, Cardboard, Carol, Centro, Communist Bloc, Croatia, Europe, Gdańsk, Gliwice, In Moldova, In Serbia, In Slovenia, Karlo Rojc, Ljubljana, Medika, Metelkova, Moldova's, Poland
related to Oceania · 30
Squatting → Australia, Australian, Australians, Bendigo Street, British, Burns Philp, Canberra, Cook Islands, During, Fiji, In, Kiribati, Kiritimati, Manihiki, Melbourne, On, On Rarotonga, Pacific Island, Penrhyn, Pukapuka
related to Latin America and the Caribbean · 27
Squatting → Argentina, Buenos Aires, Caribbean, During, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Former, Guatemala, Hernando, In, In Argentina, In Chile, In Latin American, In Nicaragua, In Peru, Inspired, Latin American, Likewise, Lima, More, Nevertheless
related to South and East Asia · 23
Squatting → After, China, Commercial, December, For, Hong Kong, In, In China, In Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Kalisosok Prison, Kowloon Walled City, Malaysia, Rooftop, Shek Kip Mei, Some, Squatter, Squatters, Surabaya
related to overview · 12
Squatting → According, Anti-propriétaires, As, Kesia Reeve, League, Ligue, Pieds, Programme, The, This, UN-Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements
is a · 2
Squatting → action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, oldest mode of tenure in the world

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squatters land people housing squats evicted settlements 000 occupied squatted social buildings also building city squatter cities slums informal estimated

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Squattingis aaction of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building0.90text
Squattingis aoldest mode of tenure in the world0.90text
Lagosinstance ofIn African cities0.80text
much of the population lives in slumsinstance ofIn African cities0.80text
villa miseriainstance ofInformal settlements in Latin America are known by names0.80text
Nigeriainstance ofBy regionAfricaIn African countries0.80text
informal settlements are created by migration from rural areas to urban areasinstance ofBy regionAfricaIn African countries0.80text
the Macassar Village in 2009instance ofThe organisation has represented the squatters in land occupations0.80text
the Cape Towninstance ofThe organisation has represented the squatters in land occupations0.80text
Durban Marikana land occupations in 2013instance ofThe organisation has represented the squatters in land occupations0.80text
Chitungwizainstance ofInformal settlements have developed on the periphery of cities0.80text
the capital Harareinstance ofInformal settlements have developed on the periphery of cities0.80text

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