P134 CEEFAX 134  Thu  4 Nov  21:14/42
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  SQUATTERS CRACKDOWN "TOO DRACONIAN" 
  Campaigners for the homeless have   
  condemned the planned crackdown on  
  squatters as "too draconian".       
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  And they predicted it would lead to 
  more people li6ing on the streets.  
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  $hj Housing Campaign for Shngle     
  People said landlords in dispute    
  with legitimate tenants would also  
  bj able to use the legislation to   
  threaten eviction unfairly. See 133 
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  Andrew Simms of Shelter said the    
  real crime was the 600,000 vacant   
  homes and that the present law was  
  adequate to protect owner-occupiers 
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