Renters advocate poses in front of vacant home implying it could easily be broken into to

Homeowners have been left fuming after a famous renters’ advocate posed in front of a vacant home and insinuated it could be easily broken into, but others are praising his message.Tenants’ rights campaigner Jordan van den Berg, otherwise known as ‘Purplepingers’, is was accused of encouraging squatters by sharing an online list of abandoned homes he has stumbled across in Melbourne, Australia.The list is aimed at helping people who are currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless gaining access to shelter, the campaigner says.He has now shared an image of himself on social media standing in front of an apparently abandoned home in the inner city suburb of Praharn, 3 miles south-east of Melbourne’s CBD.Speaking to news.com.au back in April, van den Berg said he wanted to achieve three things with the controversial video.“The number one motivation for it was to house people who need housing,” he said, reiterating his view that people in need of a home should squat in a vacant one.“Number two was to prompt the government to act, to say that if they’re not going to do anything about land-banking, we can make them.“People are struggling, and they have been struggling for a while, and it’s not getting better.It’s getting far worse.

The government isn’t doing anything about it at the end of the day.“And number three was to remind landlords that it is unethical to have a home sit empty during a housing crisis.”A squatter can become the legal owner of a home if they stay there long enough.IN Owners can still evict anyone on their property before they reach that benchmark.“Do you think it’s right?”Mr van den Berg’s campaign caught the attention of the media and he appeared on The Project back in April to talk about his controversial plans.The interview has been branded by many on social media as “out of touch” and “unbelievable.He was grilled on his video and whether the encouragement of people to become squatters was a s...