Most of us access shelter over land over which other people have legally sanctioned
dominant interests and powers, creating systemic relations of security and vulnerability that I …

Precariously housed people face serious challenges in securing their personal possessions
from the actions of both private and public actors. This is despite evidence of widespread …

Property Rights and Social Justice analyses' progressive property'in action by examining the
role of constitutional property rights guarantees in mediating private ownership and social …

Squatting and the State offers a new theoretical and methodological approach for analyzing
state response to squatting, homelessness, empty land, and housing. Embedded in local …

Saman, t an East African immigrant who came to the United States (US) about a decade ago
through the Diversity Visa Program, 2 lives with his three children, spouse, and mother-in …

In November 2015, police entered an unauthorized homeless encampment on public
property in Vancouver, Washington, pursuant to a previously unenforced public camping …

Political and property crises present vital new questions for property theorists, and analyses
of state responses to these crises cast new light on how property systems, and property law …

In August 1996, Donnel Robinson, a sixteen-year-old resident in a New York City Housing
Authority (NYCHA) apartment, was arrested for drug possession. Though the charge was …

Emotion is inherent in our everyday use and ownership of property. It may drive neighbours
to litigate a boundary dispute in the courts, or a first-time buyer to purchase a home that …

American City, Matthew Desmond chronicled individual stories of eviction to shed
humanizing light on what the housing crisis actually means for real people. 1 Desmond's …