Squatters are not criminals and could be good for society, a judge has ruled in ordering a London council to make public a list of empty homes in its area. With police backing, Camden Council argued that disclosing the list risked unleashing a wave of criminal damage, arson, drug-related crime and organised “stripping” of vacant properties. But Judge Fiona Henderson emphasised that squatters were not law-breakers and said official concerns were outweighed by the “public interest in putting empty properties back into use”. The tribunal ruling means Camden Council must now comply with a Freedom of Information Act request by…the Advisory Service for Squatters for a list of empty council-managed and private homes in the borough. The council said that the number of squatted properties in Lambeth nearly doubled after a list of long-term empty homes in that borough was made public. Read more on the Telegraph website.
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