Government make Squatting Criminal Offence

The government have recently been surrounded by a wave of negativity and criticism but today they have introduced a new law that might just win them a few brownie points back.

They have made squatting a criminal offence and allow police to act immediately in removing squatters from residential properties.

Some have argued that this will lead to vulnerable people being prosecuted and will lead to more people sleeping rough, but I think they are looking at it from the wrong angle.

This law will put the power back where it should have been in the first place in the hands of the homeowners, and stop people having to spend months traipsing through the civil courts to get squatters removed at great financial cost.

Hopefully more sensible policies like this will begin to appear and we can begin to believe the government when they say they our acting in our best interests.