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In London, a growing number of people are saving money on their rent by living as caretakers in empty buildings. They call these people 'property guardians' and there are 7000 of them in the UK now, most of them in the capital. The idea came from the Netherlands and it really took off in London after the financial crash. 30 companies manage property guardian services there, but new research from York University for the London Assembly has found that property guardians are sometimes in substandard housing, with very few rights. Winifred Robinson has been finding out more. First broadcast on You & Yours, 21 February 2018.
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