Squatting in non-residential property.
Dear Hackney Borough Council,
This request mainly concerns squatting in council owned non-residential property and live-in guardianship.
1a) The number of times you have found people squatting in non-residential buildings you own or control each year since 2010?
1b) I would like the date for each of these events and the full postcode (so it does not identify the exact building but gives the small area so I can see if a particular area is being targeted).
1c) The number of times you found people squatting in council owned residential property from 2010 until the law change in September 2012.
2) The action taken against squatting in council owned or controlled, non-residential buildings:
I would like to know for each event of squatting in council’s non=residential property:
2a) whether the police were called?
2b) And if they were, how many arrests were made? And, if recorded, what for?
2c) Was there a following criminal court case, and if so what for? Against how many people? And what was the outcome? (As if there was, you would most likely have to attend as a witness to the trespassing or submit evidence and so could potentially record this information).
2d) Was civil court action taken to remove the trespassers? If so:
- How much was spent in total on lawyers/legal fees/court costs?
- Was an IPO used?
- Were high court bailiffs booked? Or county court bailiffs?
- How much was spent on the hire of bailiffs?
2e) An estimate of how long squatters had been there before eviction?
3) Use of live-in guardians to secure non-residential buildings against squatters (also known as protection by occupation):
3a) How many non-residential buildings have you protected with live-in guardians each year since 2010?
3b) For each time you have used guardians to secure non-residential buildings you own or control since 2010 can I be told:
3bA) The date the contract started and the date it ended (or if it is still going)
3bB) The name of the guardian company you used?
3bC) If you put a limit on how many people can live in the building, and if so what is it?
3bD) Had this building previously been squatted? If so, how many times?
3bE) The total, or monthly cost/income, of hiring the guardian company to put live-in guardians in this building? (This I because I know some guardian business models charge the owner and others pay the owner of the building).
3bF) The type of non-residential property? (eg. Shop/nursery/school etc.)
Yours faithfully,
Flo Night
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FOI Ref: FOI16-0704-15524
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Dear Hackney Borough Council,
My request legally should have been answered by 29th July. If the FOI is not answered this week, or the delay not explained, I will report you to the ICO.
Yours faithfully,
Flo Night
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