Founded | 2008 Birmingham, England |
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Type | Non-governmental organization |
Focus | Social housing, Homelessness, Environmentalism, peace, utopia |
Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Direct action, lobbying, research, innovation |
Key people | Petroski Zion, Executive Director Lee Moore, Secretary |
Revenue | €-42 (2009) |
Website | JusticeNotCrisis.com |
Justice Not Crisis is a direct action pressure group campaigning for more social housing in Birmingham, England. [1]
Justice Not Crisis was founded in 2008 by Lee Moore and Steve Austin. Their first action was the John Lines Homeless Village, a tent city built on disused land owned by the Birmingham City Council. [2]
The original plan was to occupy the land for 2 days in order to draw attention to the fact that Birmingham city council refused to sell the land to housing associations wishing to build social housing. [3] When they were evicted, the protesters moved down the road to a second site. [4]
Since then they have squatted a number of different buildings and areas, including the Firebird pub in Edgbaston (2008), [5] Beechwood Hotel on Bristol Road (2009) [6] and homes and land owned by Warwickshire County Cricket Club (2009). [7]
Founded | 2008 Birmingham, England |
---|---|
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Focus | Social housing, Homelessness, Environmentalism, peace, utopia |
Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Direct action, lobbying, research, innovation |
Key people | Petroski Zion, Executive Director Lee Moore, Secretary |
Revenue | €-42 (2009) |
Website | JusticeNotCrisis.com |
Justice Not Crisis is a direct action pressure group campaigning for more social housing in Birmingham, England. [1]
Justice Not Crisis was founded in 2008 by Lee Moore and Steve Austin. Their first action was the John Lines Homeless Village, a tent city built on disused land owned by the Birmingham City Council. [2]
The original plan was to occupy the land for 2 days in order to draw attention to the fact that Birmingham city council refused to sell the land to housing associations wishing to build social housing. [3] When they were evicted, the protesters moved down the road to a second site. [4]
Since then they have squatted a number of different buildings and areas, including the Firebird pub in Edgbaston (2008), [5] Beechwood Hotel on Bristol Road (2009) [6] and homes and land owned by Warwickshire County Cricket Club (2009). [7]