From 1 September, squatting in residential and social housing properties will be outlawed.Under the new law, it will be an offence for a person to be inside a residential property if they entered it as a trespasser. However, it will not be an offence if a person stays in a property after the end of a lease or licence.Through Section 144 of the amended Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, a building is "residential" if it has been designed or adapted before the time of entry as a pla...
