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Katharine Hibbert

Feature: Meet the Squatter-Turned-‘Slumlord’ Jacking up Rents by 113%

Rivkah Brown

A 12-month squatting safari prompted former Sunday Times journalist Katharine Hibbert to found property guardianship company Dot Dot Dot. After years spent crafting an ethical image, has the mask finally slipped?

Marsha de Cordova MP and local councillor Aydin Dikerdem pose for a photograph in front of the new Nine Elms Tube station

Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations

Aydin Dikerdem

The shiny new development was paid for with money meant for affordable housing, writes local Labour councillor Aydin Dikerdem.

London Housing Crisis: Squatting Becomes More Precarious, While Guardianships Boom

Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth

As more people struggle to keep up with rising rents, squatting continues to be criminalised while London councils are turning towards the promotion of insecure property guardianships.

6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats

Izzy Koksal and Luke Sheldon

Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.

5 Things C4’s ‘Crashing’ Tells Us about Property Guardians and the Housing Crisis

Gloria Dawson

Channel 4’s comedy series Crashing is halfway through and the laughs are a bit sparse. Nevertheless, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s series breaks new territory by being the first fictional representation of property guardianship on our screens.

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