AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Landlords are swine and the only thing you can trust them to do is screw you over to maximize their own enrichment. A community group in the UK's Gloucestershire took over an abandoned mill that had become a security liability for its owner, and poured 300,000 Pounds as well as thousands of hours of work into converting it into a radical "pay what you can" restaurant and social space; a revolutionary transformation that lead to a glowing Guardian profile in March of 2024. One day after the profile was published, the owner informed them that the building had been sold and they have until late August to get out:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/22/radical-pay-what-you-can-restaurant-faces-eviction-from-mill-it-refurbished" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/22/radical-pay-what-you-can-restaurant-faces-eviction-from-mill-it-refurbished</span></a></p><p>"The community around The Long Table, featured in the Guardian earlier this month, has been left reeling after it was ordered to move out of the mill it occupies in Stroud – even as it sought to engage with the landlord to buy the building.</p><p>It means the mill will be transformed from a valued community resource – it also houses a bike workshop, secondhand children’s gear supplier and a furniture bank – into a warehouse for a local business that has bought the site."</p><p>Does the owner have a right to sell the building? Sure, that's how property works in a capitalist society after all; although one does have to wonder why the group's efforts to buy the building themselves have been ignored. Is it a complete scumbag move on the landlord's part after a whole community came together to fix it up, spending significant amounts of money and diligent effort to turn a derelict mill that was practically falling down into a valuable neighborhood resource? Yes; full stop. The lesson here is - never, ever, trust your landlord.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EndLandlordism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndLandlordism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CommunityDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>