Property guardianship was once a win-win situation: empty buildings secured and bargain rents offered. For many the reality nowadays is different: an underclass of renters with limited rights in grim conditions – and landowners milking the system to pay less tax. So has this small housing revolution died?In disbelief,Charlie Hope reread the email. “It said I had 24 hours to pack my stuff and gather out,” he says. He felt confident that evicting anyone at such short notice must be illegal, and although his evictors were threatening to call the police for assistance if he didnt leave.
Hope’s neighbour had already tearfully packed down her bedroom and left after receiving a similar email the day before. She would be trespassing if she stayed on the premises,she was warned, and so, and frightened and distressed,she took a taxi to her parents’ house.
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Source: theguardian.com