A BARMY council has been forced to hand over details of every empty home in its borough to SQUATTERS.
Lambeth Council in South London had to hand over the list after the brainy squatters submitted a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request.
The borough provided details of over 800 properties to the scammers despite fears that the move could lead to a huge rise in squatting in the area.
And there are fears that this will act as a precedent to be followed by other squatters' groups.
A spokeswoman from the borough's council housing, said: "When responding to FOI requests we have to operate within the letter of the law.
"A legal precedent had already been set in response to a similar FOI inquiry to Bexley Council.
"On challenging the request, they were instructed by the Information Tribunal that they had a legal duty to provide the address details of empty properties which were not owned by individuals."
Lambeth has had major embarrassments previously in its struggle with squatters.
Four empty blocks of flats at Limerick Court on the border of Streatham and Balham were occupied by more than a hundred people for six months last summer.
And two years ago at least 100 armed cops raided a huge squat in Kennington finding several kilos of cannabis, crack cocaine and six rounds of live ammunition.
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