Factors like ambivalence of the ruling government, population explosion, dearth of housing and land has lead to squatter settlements. The reasons for these settlements are manifold. Read the following article to find out what gives rise to squatter settlements.

2. Causes of Squatter Settlements
Squatters impinge on an abandoned/derelict property belonging to a
different person and accommodate themselves there. If not evacuated,
squatters use these properties as their permanent shelter. Technically,
squatters are trespassers and trespassing is a civil matter and not
criminal. Hence, squatting is a breach of civil law but not illegal.
Squatting is relatively a modern problem due to various factors that
contribute to lack of housing facilities, such as apathy of the ruling
government, population boom, lack of land, lack of jobs and others.
So what prompts people to occupy a property that is not their own?
Following are the causes of squatter settlements:
• The chief reason for squatter settlements occurs due to economic
reasons. The homeless are naturally inclined to search for shelter and
they do so in abandoned properties, even if the property is in a dire
state, unsuitable for occupation.
• People squat in properties to evade criminal acts performed on
homeless people such as theft. Thieves target homeless people on the
streets as their only possession is money and if victimized, they are
less likely to contact the police as the authorities won’t heed their
problems.
• At times, squatters are people who have relocated from rural areas to
the urban areas in search for better economic opportunities.
• High cost of living and lack of proper housing force them to squat.
They either relocate to the peripheries of the cities where quality of

3. life is dismal or to the centre of the cities where overpopulation leads
to lack of job opportunities and suitable housing.
• Social marginalization is also responsible for squatters. People who
are stigmatized or considered as untouchables may occupy
abandoned properties as they are not accepted in their communities
or in other communities.
• Squatters might be anarchists. Anarchists do not believe in the
legitimacy of a ruling power and hence, they disobey rules. They will
attribute their rebellion to political pathos and squatting can be one
form of protest.
• People might squat for religious activities such as cult worship or
illegal activities such drug or meth lab productions.
• Squatters are people who find it difficult to get a proper housing in
the city as they do not have a permanent job and this doesn’t entitle
them to any house loan plans.
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