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Over 3 million homes were foreclosed in

2009. More than 2.4 million are expected


in 2010. With the 3 million recorded in
2008, an outrageous 8.4 million plus
homes have been foreclosed in the span
of 3 years.
Obamas mortgage modifcation program
has fundamentally failed to save millions
of families from losing their homes. The
only thing the Troubled Asset Relief Program
(TARP) has accomplished is saving the
banks and restoring their profts. Meanwhile
millions have joined the ranks of the hidden
homeless while millions of homes sit vacant
on the warehousing rolls of the banks and
the government.
In November 2009, the Land and Housing
Action Group (LHAG) of the US Human
Rights Network (USHRN) stated that
all the houses cleared for the Banks via TARP constituted public housing as they were purchased with public
funds. Building on this position, we demand that all homes and housing units currently being warehoused by the
banks and the government be publicly identifed and opened to occupation by the millions of families displaced from
their homes and the tens of thousands languishing on public and/or afordable housing waiting lists.
The United States government is obligated under international law to respect, protect, and fulfll the human
right to adequate housing for all persons residing within the confnes of its jurisdiction. Publicly identifying
vacant housing stock suitable for occupation is an immediate means for the US government to begin fulflling its
obligations. But, this is just a starting place. Further steps must be taken to protect families and communities from
biased policies and the arbitrary dictates of the fnancial markets.
The Land and Housing Action Group maintains that one of
the critical next steps that must to be taken is transforming
the vast stock of vacant homes into cooperative housing
and land trusts to be directly governed and administered
on a local level by impacted families and communities. We
believe direct management is essential to avoid the destruction
of public housing goods or its deformation into private
possessions utilized strictly to generate individual proft.
For more information on how you can join or support the
Take Back the Land campaign, email housingrights@
ushrnetwork.orgor call404.588.9761.
LAND & HOUSING ACTION GROUP WORKING PAPER #2:
IDENTIFYING, OCCUPYING AND TRANSFORMING UNIDENTIFIED PUBLIC HOUSING

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