SQUATTER TO CHALLENGE CHANGE IN LAW THAT 'CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS'
Printing sponsored by: Squatter to challenge change in law that 'criminalises homeless' Woman who has lived as a squatter in south Wales cottage for past 11 years fears prosecution due to change in law Press Association guardian.co.uk , Saturday 1 September 2012 12.09 EDT Grant Shapps said last week: 'we’re tipping the scales of justice back in favour of the homeowner'. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian A mother of four has vowed to take legal action challenging new anti- squatting legislation. Irene Gardiner has lived as a squatter in a cottage in Newchapel, near Llanidloes, south Wales , for the past 11 years. The 49-year-old, who shares her home with her two youngest children, Hazel, 15, and Sol, 13, fears she could face prosecution after a change in the law, under which squatters could face a £5,000 fine or even prison. Gardiner branded the changes unfair, saying she has paid council tax since moving into her...
