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England and Wales coloured cream The Library House squat in London, 2009 The Square Occupied Social Centre, a now-evicted squat in Russell Square, London. In England and Wales, squatting – taking possession of land or an empty house the squatter does not own – is a criminal or civil offence, depending on circumstances.
Squatters' Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH) is an activist group formed first in the 1990s in the United Kingdom to represent the interests of squatters and to fight the proposed criminalisation of squatting. It then reformed in 2011, when there were again parliamentary discussions about making squatting illegal.
In the late 1960s, the Family Squatters Advisory Service (FSAS) was founded in London, England, to help defend the rights of squatters. [1] [2] In the 1973 case of McPhail vs. Persons Unknown, the Court of Appeal stated that a landowner could re-enter a squatted property and use reasonable force to evict those occupying the property, while remaining exempt from the Forcible Entry Act.
Florida recently passed legislation targeting this problem, instead allowing law enforcement to remove squatters immediately at the request of a property owner. But it’s challenging for law ...
'It felt like we were squatting' Neal Wylde, from Beeston Regis in Norfolk, is another social housing tenant who is all too familiar with a lack of carpet. He moved into his property 13 years ago ...
Mr Ellis began occupying a house on Strathleven Road, Brixton, owned by Lambeth London Borough Council in July 1985, alongside other squatters.Four years later, he began exercising control over access to the property.
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Squatting has made headlines at vacant luxury homes in Beverly Hills, California, and Nashville, ... to law enforcement. This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: ...