Mark One - Books Project 2004
Deposition of the
Squatters Handbook on the public library's shelves. The book is accessioned by the
Liverpool City Library, placed in its online catalogue, given a dewey decimal number, and made available for loan. (Project supported by Sarah Vyden).
The Squatters' Handbook is a resource for homeless people. It provides practical and legal information required by those seeking to find housing for themselves in abandoned buildings. The book does not seek to incite "illegal" activities (trespass is a criminal offence in NSW) but to provide essential information to people who might need it. Squatting has always been a tactic for finding housing in urban areas, all around the world. With the burgeoning real-estate investment market in Sydney, rental properties for low-income earners have become unaffordable in the last ten years. At the same time, the waiting list for public housing grows longer, while the state government sells off its available housing stock to developers. The Squatters' Handbook merely provides information to those already inclined to seek their own solutions in this unfriendly social environment.
Crafted into a handsome, sturdy, hard-bound, pocket-sized chapbook, designed for both practicality and beauty, The Squatters' Handbook is the accumulation of legal and practical wisdom from many sources.
The book is copyright-free, and is available
here!
A British version of the Squatters' Handbook is available for a pound! Check it out
here...
