{"ancestors":[],"descendants":[{"id":"111836845173222714","created_at":"2024-01-29T02:20:29.914Z","in_reply_to_id":"111836811617750103","in_reply_to_account_id":"111432378159062646","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://urbanists.social/users/nearnorth/statuses/111836845173222714","url":"https://urbanists.social/@nearnorth/111836845173222714","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":6,"favourites_count":5,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":"2024-01-29T02:30:55.536Z","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eRadical_EgoCom\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe easier to see, for us at least, the same thing happening to unhoused people. We\u0026#39;re not allowed to take care of ourselves on abandoned land. Rather than give us $20K each to take care of ourselves governments will spend ten times that for semi-carceral shelters. Whether totally temporary or semi-permanent, the options from the homeless-industrial complex, when offered at all, are all prison-like.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus the expense of destroying the homes we do build ourselves.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"110135444087397070","username":"nearnorth","acct":"nearnorth","display_name":"Near North camp","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003ePeople without formal housing but a strong community supporting one another and fighting for self-determination against the hostile mayor of Minneapolis (and food and water and shelter and heat and its a lot of work staying alive by the way if you haven\u0026#39;t done it all yourself before)\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://urbanists.social/@nearnorth","uri":"https://urbanists.social/users/nearnorth","avatar":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/f25cffa1d2d321b5.jpg","avatar_static":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/f25cffa1d2d321b5.jpg","header":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/headers/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/4bc54acfc1de1ca9.jpg","header_static":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/headers/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/4bc54acfc1de1ca9.jpg","followers_count":284,"following_count":418,"statuses_count":2090,"last_status_at":"2025-08-12","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Website","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://northdef.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003enorthdef.wordpress.com/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-13T21:26:27.768+00:00"},{"name":"Open Collective fund","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://opencollective.com/mpls-northside-mutual-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eopencollective.com/mpls-norths\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eide-mutual-aid\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-13T21:26:29.108+00:00"},{"name":"Location","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/Minneapolis\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMinneapolis\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/Northside\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eNorthside\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111432378159062646","username":"Radical_EgoCom","url":"https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom","acct":"Radical_EgoCom@mastodon.social"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111836961512214884","created_at":"2024-01-29T02:50:05.107Z","in_reply_to_id":"111836845173222714","in_reply_to_account_id":"111432378159062646","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://urbanists.social/users/nearnorth/statuses/111836961512214884","url":"https://urbanists.social/@nearnorth/111836961512214884","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":5,"favourites_count":3,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eReceipts: $265,212 to destroy our camp, by the city government\u0026#39;s own lowball estimate \u003ca href=\"https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/FileV2/30901/Homeless-Encampment-Closures-Legislative-Directive-Response-Apr-11-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003elims.minneapolismn.gov/Downloa\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ed/FileV2/30901/Homeless-Encampment-Closures-Legislative-Directive-Response-Apr-11-2023.pdf\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/10/06/minneapolis-destroys-near-north-camp-with-massive-militarized-police-led-attack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003enorthdef.wordpress.com/2022/10\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e/06/minneapolis-destroys-near-north-camp-with-massive-militarized-police-led-attack/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e$4.5M operating cost for the least-horrible shelter holding 100 people at a time \u003ca href=\"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/10/04/resident-of-tiny-home-village-welcomes-safety-security-stability-of-avivo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003emprnews.org/story/2023/10/04/r\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eesident-of-tiny-home-village-welcomes-safety-security-stability-of-avivo\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStartup costs were $6.5M while our camp was asking \u003ca href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/Minneapolis\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMinneapolis\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e CPED to lease us their unused land so we could build community with some stability. And a higher % of people in our camp were getting into housing than Avivo has been able to boast about since.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"110135444087397070","username":"nearnorth","acct":"nearnorth","display_name":"Near North camp","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003ePeople without formal housing but a strong community supporting one another and fighting for self-determination against the hostile mayor of Minneapolis (and food and water and shelter and heat and its a lot of work staying alive by the way if you haven\u0026#39;t done it all yourself before)\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://urbanists.social/@nearnorth","uri":"https://urbanists.social/users/nearnorth","avatar":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/f25cffa1d2d321b5.jpg","avatar_static":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/f25cffa1d2d321b5.jpg","header":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/headers/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/4bc54acfc1de1ca9.jpg","header_static":"https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/headers/110/135/444/087/397/070/original/4bc54acfc1de1ca9.jpg","followers_count":284,"following_count":418,"statuses_count":2090,"last_status_at":"2025-08-12","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Website","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://northdef.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003enorthdef.wordpress.com/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-13T21:26:27.768+00:00"},{"name":"Open Collective fund","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://opencollective.com/mpls-northside-mutual-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003eopencollective.com/mpls-norths\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eide-mutual-aid\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-13T21:26:29.108+00:00"},{"name":"Location","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/Minneapolis\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMinneapolis\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://urbanists.social/tags/Northside\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eNorthside\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[{"name":"minneapolis","url":"https://urbanists.social/tags/minneapolis"}],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}]}