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You seem to be suggesting that all squatters are nice and rosy. A distant cousin of mine (3rd cousin), who lives nearby, is homeless. I've seen myself what leads someone to that course of life. It isn't 'woe is me' unluckiness, there are plenty of opportunities in this country if we only seize them: free education for all children being one example of that.
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Your STILL missing my point. Squaters are people who live in predominantly empty or abandoned houses , doing nobody any harm except perhaps the owner of the completely unused property.
People here are suggesting they should be treated as theives because they break and enter into an occupied home and sleep on the rug while grandpa trys to watch the TV. Thats not a squater and they should not be treated as thieves. Thats a stupid thing to say. They live in buildings that would otherwise be burned to the ground by some ASBO sooner or later. If you want to say they steal , fine , but the buildings are unused. I call it opportunity.
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And you're still missing my point - it's ultimately property that does not belong to them, and is no different at all to breaking and entering, other than causing damage. It doesn't matter if the property owner has been away from there for a week or 50 years, it's still his, and squatters have no [moral] right to inhabit it if the owner doesn't want them to.
Taking the example with the topic starter here, it's obviously causing his friend's mum a great deal of stress and concern to have these squatters claiming their property - and in my opinion that's just not right.
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So its not moral in our affluent society to use a house that has been unused for YEARS , boreded up , or burnt half to the ground as squat residences of shelter? Because thats the kind of place most squaters live in. The kind of place where the owner has long since lost care for the place. Its not wrong. Its not right. Its just putting somebody under a roof that would otherwise be used for sweet **** all. Who gives a damn about papers.
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No, I don't think it is. Like sunny said, why should they have accommodation rent, mortgage, house price-free? It's not fair on other members of society.
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Its not fair because we are paying for what we get. Nice homes. They on the other hand live on concrete floors of rat infested pits. I really dont see why so many people are complaining and getting outraged.
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Firstly - it's still not their property and they have no right to it, whatever the condition is.
And secondly, as Sunny has pointed out, not all properties inhabited by Squatters are "concrete floors" and "infested pits" - especially if they're able to get internet access and discuss their own rights online.