[FooBarBizBazz]

At this point, I think civil disobedience is the solution.

Uber fixed the taxi industry (and then started taking a cut for itself) by just flouting the law -- until it had a fait accompli that most people liked.

The same thing will have to be done with housing, by people who have the resources to do it.

The problem is, it's difficult for this to be a grassroots civil-disobedience thing. That's called building a favela. Though honestly that could work too.

What the example of the favela (or, before that, the homeless camp) highlights is that property is as much about security (violence/force) as about construction. The camp can always be bulldozed. That's what a lack of property rights actually means, materially. I don't know how one provides security in a civilly-disobedient way.

[harambae]

The closest thing I can think of to what you’re describing is the van life movement and sleeping overnight various places without permission.

Or, taking it up a level, living in an RV somewhere in a gray area of legality or where there’s little enforcement (such as the RV’s on El Camino Real in Palo Alto)

[HeyLaughingBoy]

> I don't know how one provides security in a civilly-disobedient way.

Are you sure about that?