Commercial Squatting

EDM number 912 in 2012-13, proposed by Mike Weatherley on 14/01/2013.
Categorised under the topic of Housing.

That this House is aware of the huge distinction between the homeless who need our assistance and squatters who choose to occupy property without permission as a lifestyle preference; and acknowledges that more needs to be done to encourage owners of empty buildings to bring them back into use, but ultimately believes that owners of commercial premises - whose properties can be out of use for all sorts of legitimate reasons - should have the same rights as owners of residential premises when it comes to removing squatters.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.