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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.
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.
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.
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there were one billion slum residents and squatters globally. Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur ...
Pages in category "Squatting in the United Kingdom" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Rules regarding squatting commercial properties remained as layout in Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. The act was criticised by the charities Crisis and The Big Issue Foundation as criminalising the homeless, [ 18 ] possibly causing a sharp rise in homelessness, and benefitting landlords that leave their buildings empty. [ 19 ]