Peter Kropotkin, what are your thoughts on homelessness?
I believe homelessness Is Not a Natural Condition — It Is a Manufactured Injustice. Poverty and deprivation are not accidents, nor the result of individual failure. They are the forced outcome of an economic system that treats land, shelter, and survival as commodities.
No one is homeless because they “failed.” People are homeless because housing is withheld unless profit can be made. A society that allows empty homes while people sleep outside is morally broken. Modern society produces enough for everyone; scarcity is artificially imposed by property laws.
Land and Housing Should Never Be Private Property. Housing should not belong to landlords who collect rent without labor. Land should not be owned by speculators. Homes should not sit empty while people freeze outside. The right to shelter is as fundamental as the right to food. Let’s legalize squatting. Instead of tents crowding our sidewalks and parks, the un-housed people can and should be housed in vacant buildings.
Homelessness Exists Because Housing Is Produced for Profit, Not Need
Modern housing is built for investment, speculation, asset appreciation —not for people who need a place to live. Societies that produces homes as financial instruments will always produce homelessness.