Co-authored with Christian Jensen.
A new campaign will try and make squatting completely illegal. In September 2012, squatting in a residential location, the act of living in a building without paying rent, was made illegal. But now the government is considering extending this to all squatting.
Mike Weatherly, Conservative MP, is one of the strongest proponents of the new campaign: “Some squatters have got nothing to do with homelessness. They are basically anarchists who want rent-free accommodation. I don’t mind people having alternative views on life and living the way they want …