Squatting on St Pauls
I am questioning the squatting movement in St Pauls.
I have a house in St Pauls and have done for about ten years.
Last year some squatters broke into a house on the street. The house was very noisy and became a nuisance in the street keeping everyone awake. The squatters just seemed there to have a good time with free accommodation. They did not try to intigrate, on the contary they did not care about the locals. They were evicted but before leaving smashed the house up.
The other day I spoke to some potential squatters who were looking to break in again. They were two guys who were obviously from upper middle class families. They were just doing it for fun not because they were homeless. Come on with accents like that you are not fooling me!
I believe squatting was legalised after the second war to help genuine families in need, these guys were nothing like that.
It is not easy living in the area and squatting is making it worse.
I do think there are cases where squatting is justified, for example if a house has been abandoned for years. However entering a house that is for sale or to let and then having a freebe causing huge problems to the owners and local community is something else.
There are two sides to the story and rents are very high, buy to let landlords are at an unfair advantage and some housing is abandoned. However squatters believing they have the moral right to go anywhere and do anything is not correct. Just leave our houses in St Pauls alone.