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The mothers were being backed by advocacy group Moms 4 Housing, an organization for homeless mothers and those struggling to find or retain housing.

According to the group, there are four times as many empty homes in Oakland as people without homes.

\"No one should be homeless when homes are sitting empty,\" the organization's website reads. \"Housing is a human right.\"

We’ve built a movement of thousands of Oaklanders who showed up at a moments notice to reject police violence and advocate for homes for families. This isn’t over, and it won’t be over until everyone in the Oakland community has a safe and dignified place to live.

— Moms 4 Housing (@moms4housing) January 14, 2020

The home was bought by Southern California investment firm Wedgewood over the summer, which planned to flip the property.

A spokesperson for Wedgewood told KGO that the company had offered to pay for housing for the women and their children for two months through Catholic Charities.

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PHOTO: A heavy police presence surrounded an Oakland home that a group of homeless mothers and their children were evicted from, Jan. 14, 2020.
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But, Moms 4 Housing rejected the offer, characterizing it as an insult on Twitter over the weekend.

Neighbor Shanna Silva told KGO that she believes the women were \"trying to prove a point\" and that they should be allowed to stay.

\"I don't agree with this breaking into somebody's property,\" she said, adding, \"I believe they should be able to stay.\"

On Tuesday, Wedgewood released a statement saying that the company is \"pleased the illegal occupation of its Oakland home has ended peacefully,\" according to KGO.

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PHOTO: A group of homeless mothers were refusing to leave a vacant Oakland home they were squatting in.
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\"We will now work with a non-profit, Shelter 37, to renovate the home giving opportunities to at-risk Oakland youths and splitting the profits with the non-profit so that other youths may benefit,\" the statement read. \"The solution to Oakland's housing crisis is not the redistribution of citizens' homes through illegal break-ins and seizures by squatters.\"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom continued a weeklong tour of the state's housing crisis on Tuesday in Southern California to promote a $1 billion plan to help eradicate the problem. His plan includes using vacant state property to house homeless people.

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PHOTO:A homeless man stands beside his tent in downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 8, 2020.
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President Donald Trump has criticized Newsom over the housing crisis, accusing him of failing to address the issue.

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