An out of order toilet is seen inside the Guardian Housing...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2016/10/01: An out of order toilet is seen inside the Guardian Housing Residence. This is known as Guardian housing residence, where the resident are called Guardians which mean that they have to guard the building from intruders and deter squatters, they pay a license fee to live there which essentially acts like a rental fee. The prices for places like these are dramatically lower than a traditional flat or house-share making it very attractive for low income people. Common license rules include no overnight visitors and no more than two friends on the site, speaking to the media is also forbidden, Crucially, guardians do not have the right to solely occupy any part of the building, and must be ready to leave a building at short notice. The low costs are unusual, sometimes exciting, living spaces seemed to provide a mutually beneficial arrangement for most of the renters, An investigation shows that property guardians are part of a growing underclass of renters with severely curtailed rights who live in miserable and legally dubious conditions. Meanwhile, the companies that operate the schemes are thriving from Londons housing crisis, where they make profits by turning former public sector buildings into substandard accommodation. (Photo by Rahman Hassani/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)