Occupied Hotel in Minnesota

In May 2020 unsheltered people occupied a former Sheraton Hotel in Minnesota. After 10 days it will soon be evicted. 200 people lived in it, 427 were on the waiting list.


“'People are organizing themselves. We take care of each other,' said Rosemary Fister, one of the community members who helped commandeer the hotel." (from an article about the occupation)

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