Property News · September 28, 2016

Why the occupation of this empty building highlights the housing crisis | Frank Freeman


This is the former HQ of property management company Camelot, which provides ‘guardians’ to stop squatting – while we are desperate for social housingThere have been a few ironic chuckles about the occupation of the former Camelot Europe headquarters by a group of squatters.Camelot provides property guardians, who move into empty buildings to prevent them from being squatted. It is embarrassing for the company that it failed to protect its own former premises from being squatted and doubly embarrassing that this luxury building, in far better shape than many of the buildings they fill with property guardians, has been left empty when it could have provided low-cost, temporary accommodation – complete with tasteful carpets, luxury shower, high-speed Wi-Fi and air conditioning – to several people priced out of the extortionate London rental market. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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