By 1911, Ludgate had won his case, cleared the island of both trees and the squatter community that lived there.
New York's squatter communities had their own stores, bars and even roadside inns.
In a final bid to stop the bulldozers destroying their shacks, the women of this illegal squatter community stripped to the waist.
His anti-poverty projects included paving footpaths in squatter communities and establishing a chain of thrift stores for the poor.
A large squatter community exists in the Mwatate Sisal Estates, also to the west of town.
On November 1, 1907, Legrasse had led a party of policemen in search of several women and children who disappeared from a squatter community.
It is surrounded by a Muslim squatter community, whose size is estimated at roughly 5,000 people.
In April 2005, a fire in the squatter community destroyed 170 houses and resulted in the deaths of two children.
Self-help efforts in a squatter community: Implications for addressing contemporary homelessness.
Orangi was a squatter community, and did not qualify for government aid due to their "unofficial" status.