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Lawyers say anti-squatting law should be repealed
26/03/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingSquatting in a residential building became a criminal offence throughout England and Wales on 1st September 2012 – 6 months later, Squatters Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH) and a number of lawyers are now campaigning for this law to be repealed. At the time the offence was proposed, Government sources claimed it was necessary as [...]
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1 CommentTenant favoured legislation having counter-productive effect…
Official statistics for empty homes around England, from November 2011, were 720,905 with 89.6% of those privately owned. 279,000 of these are long term empty, meaning they have been empty for more than 6 months. The most empty homes recorded were first in the North West, with 131,395 empty, and the second highest amount were [...]
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A three-year study has found that homelessness and housing problems are two of the most common barriers that stop women leaving prostitution. Vulnerable women’s charity Eaves for Women and London South Bank University (LSBU) concluded from 114 in-depth interviews with current or former female prostitutes in England that more housing support is needed, including safe [...]
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Landlord Referencing’s latest Tenant Alert statistics reveal that the amount of accumulated rent defaults and property damages recorded in September have more than doubled compared to August; with an increase of £20,250 each week! The official LRS statistics for September 2012 show: 58 Rent Defaults = £106,493.97 28 Property Damages = £42,016.79 Equalling = £148,510.76 [...]
First jailed squatter moves into Wormwood Scrubs.
A 21 year old Plymouth man has been sentenced to 12 weeks in Wormwood Scrubs for illegally inhabiting a property in Pimlico, making him the first person to be jailed for Squatting under a new UK law. Alex Haigh pleaded guilty and was jailed by West London magistrates. Michelle Blake, 33, was arrested with Haigh [...]
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As we prepare for our 6th landlord / property exhibition of 2012 we thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Landlord Referencing Services has evolved over the past two years. Our story begins in April 2010, following the companies founder being stabbed in the head by a drug dealing tenant; vowing [...]
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