Advisory Service for Squatters

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The Advisory Service for Squatters (ASS) is a non-profit group run by volunteers which aims to provide practical advice and legal support for squatters. It was founded in 1975, having grown out of the Family Squatters Advisory Service. After being based for many years at 2 St.Paul's Road in Islington, ASS moved its offices to Angel Alley (84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX), the same building as Freedom Books.

A spokesperson for the group said in 2003 "Today's squatters are highly organised and efficient. Many have full-time work, and drug problems are rare."[1]

ASS publishes the Squatters' Handbook which both serves as a guide for how and where to squat and explains the legal issues involved. 150,000 copies have been sold since 1976 and the twelfth edition was published in 2004.[2]

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  1. ^ Fallon A Squatters are back, and upwardly mobile in 'The Independent on Sunday' October 12, 2003
  2. ^ Anonymous, (12th edition, 2004)Squatter's Handbook, Advisory Service for Squatters ISBN 0950776955


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