About the Author

Hannah Dobbz is a writer, editor, filmmaker, and former squatter. Between 2004 and 2007, she filmed a documentary about squatters in the San Francisco East Bay called Shelter: A Squatumentary. She has toured extensively with the film, lecturing at conferences, universities, and community spaces across the country. She has written numerous articles about squatting and property law, and has mastered brushing her teeth without running water. Currently, Hannah lives in Pittsburgh, where she has grown quite fond of power tools.

Reviews

"From the Native American Seizure of Alcatraz Island, to New York Squatters and Homesteaders of the 1980s, to the housing actions led by Occupy Wall Street today [Dobbz] asks important philosophical questions about these tendencies. [Her] book is a welcome addition."--Seth Tobocman, co-author, Understanding the Crash