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#1 Submitted by adl1@... on October 25, 2019 - 10:08am

Briliant.

#2 Submitted by Alan D White on October 26, 2019 - 2:42am

Easiest method of learning how to become homeless is to do precisely none of those things that might help keep one comfortably housed. Very little training is actually required.

#3 Submitted by ... on September 4, 2025 - 8:34am

This is very informative article. Also to back you up against the squatters you need to get your place surveyed. I got my place surveyed by Sonto Surveying.

Homeless and at home: the researcher who lived among squatters

Steph Grohmann’s ‘revenge eviction’ gave her vivid, first-hand experience of the trials and consolations of occupying unused buildings, finds Matthew Reisz

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Homeless and at home: the researcher who lived among squatters

Steph Grohmann’s ‘revenge eviction’ gave her vivid, first-hand experience of the trials and consolations of occupying unused buildings, finds Matthew Reisz

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