TIL that in Taiwan in 1989, there was a movement called "Snails Without Shells" where nearly 50,000 people slept on the road of Taipei’s East District to protest the escalating housing crisis

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 3 months ago

TIL that in Taiwan in 1989, there was a movement called "Snails Without Shells" where nearly 50,000 people slept on the road of Taipei’s East District to protest the escalating housing crisis

Riverside@reddthat.com · 3 months ago

If you want historical exmaples of countries solving their housing crises, you could look at state-owned housing such as in the Eastern Block or in Cuba. Recently, Vietnam also took a huge step by putting the army to renovate housing built outside the legal norms.

TIL that in Taiwan in 1989, there was a movement called "Snails Without Shells" where nearly 50,000 people slept on the road of Taipei’s East District to protest the escalating housing crisis

TIL that in Taiwan in 1989, there was a movement called "Snails Without Shells" where nearly 50,000 people slept on the road of Taipei’s East District to protest the escalating housing crisis

Taiwan in Time: The snails strike back - Taipei Times