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Squatting is the Only Affordable Housing

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  • evanjonesaber
    evanjonesaber Posts: 353 Forumite
    E.L.James wrote: »
    With millions of empty properties in the UK and a housing crisis every human being deserves basic human rights.

    I just read a book about the moneyless man. Mark Boyal he just wrote a new book called the moneyless manifesto. It can be read for free online, and he talks a lot about squatting. Also talks about gorilla gardening and making use of disused things.

    Sorry but no. Squatting is thieving, not a 'basic human right'.

    End of discussion.
  • Hoopie1
    Hoopie1 Posts: 1,254 Forumite
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    E.L.James wrote: »
    Also talks about gorilla gardening and making use of disused things.

    Isn't that what Dian Fossey was doing in Rwanda?
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    evanjonesaber wrote: »
    Sorry but no. Squatting is thieving, not a 'basic human right'.

    End of discussion.

    Spot on - if my house was 'squatted' one phone call to the boys down my local rugby club would be in order. :D
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • E.L.James
    E.L.James Posts: 80 Forumite
    antrobus wrote: »
    We estimate that there are 920,000 empty homes across the UK


    That is residential, we are now talking about squatting in every other type of building.

    With internet killing the high street there are vacant shops rising up in every town.
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  • E.L.James
    E.L.James Posts: 80 Forumite
    evanjonesaber wrote: »
    Sorry but no. Squatting is thieving, not a 'basic human right'.

    End of discussion.

    If prices are higher than poor people can afford then they have no choice but to squat. As is happening in many European countries right now. End of discussion.
    The GFC used to stand for global financial crisis. Now it stands for the global financial catastrophe.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    E.L.James wrote: »
    That is residential, we are now talking about squatting in every other type of building.

    With internet killing the high street there are vacant shops rising up in every town.

    Doesn't change the fact that your claim that there are "millions of empty properties in the UK" is a wild exaggeration.
  • E.L.James
    E.L.James Posts: 80 Forumite
    antrobus wrote: »
    Doesn't change the fact that your claim that there are "millions of empty properties in the UK" is a wild exaggeration.

    It is not a wild exaggeration at all. There are about a million residential empty that is just residential alone. When you include ALL empty buildings including disused old empty buildings of ANY kind, I think it is reasonable to say there are millions of empty properties. But I have no idea the exact numbers I do not think there is any way of finding out.

    But safe to say there are lots of empty buildings for poor families if benefits keep getting cut and rents do not come down in line with the cuts.

    Just like these nice people

    youtube.com/ watch?v=339Xfbm_LkM
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  • evanjonesaber
    evanjonesaber Posts: 353 Forumite
    E.L.James wrote: »
    If prices are higher than poor people can afford then they have no choice but to squat. As is happening in many European countries right now. End of discussion.

    They have plenty of choice. Get a job for a start.

    Or they can always go to prison.

    End of discussion
  • E.L.James
    E.L.James Posts: 80 Forumite
    the good thing about squatting is it brings people together and it makes things more fair for everyone,

    youtube.com/ watch?v=5GqZh8qDSZ8
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  • Mallotum_X
    Mallotum_X Posts: 2,591 Forumite
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    E.L.James wrote: »
    the good thing about squatting is it brings people together and it makes things more fair for everyone,

    youtube.com/ watch?v=5GqZh8qDSZ8

    I guess at least if the dirty scummers are in one place they dont impact on too many other people. Makes it easier for the police to crack their skulls :):beer:
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