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Originally Posted by kizzy
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1945 - 1946
Over 40,000 families occupy former army camps and empty homes from Yorkshire to the South Coast in a wave of squatting. Squatters groups form federations, calling for more affordable housing. A major council house building programme is launched.
1975 - 1976
Estimates of 10,000 to 50,000 organised squatters living in abandoned private and public housing. Housing is a major issue for the "underground press". Housing co-operatives formed. Homeless Persons Act (1977) passed after long campaigns about homelessness.
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Maybe it's time for another "squatting" campaign - local empowerment in its most direct form .....
