The aim of this article is to discuss the importance of the collective activities in squats accomplished by the homeless movement and to describe some characteristics of their work organization, from the dialogue between the epistemological and theoretical references that underlie the studies of psychology over human work and the experience of one of the authors as a support of the squat. The planning, the entering the property and its conservation are steps performed by a collective work. It is possible to observe the mobilization of a crafty intelligence that allows the creative intervention in the squat, dealing with unpredictable situations through new solutions. The analysis of the work organization made possible the perception although the ideal of collective accountability isn't fully reached; this organization experience affirms values of solidarity of a common life, where the struggle against exclusion and misery doesn't derive to solutions totally individualistic and marginal.
collective activity; social work psychology; squat; homeless movement