Activist group 'Moms for Housing' occupies vacant home in Oakland to protest city's homeless crisis

Two homeless mothers in Oakland, California on Monday moved into a vacant house and proclaimed their intentions to stay there until the premise is either sold to their organization,"Moms for Housing," at a fraction of the cost or given back to the community. Supporters of the group have also surrounded the home.

Karim said there is a difference between what Moms for Housing are attempting to do with their occupation of the house, and squatting. Karim hopes that other homeless mothers follow her group's example"until the shelters are not filled to capacity for moms that have been displaced out of Oakland and the Bay Area."

"The culture of those cities are so different from the melting pot that is Oakland and the Bay Area," Karim said."We don't thrive when we go to different cities. I've never been called a n***** more in my life than when I was displaced in Sacramento."

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