England's 2012 squatting law, which made occupying empty residential buildings a criminal offense for the first time, arrives just as the Olympics bring extra scrutiny to London's derelict properties. The film follows people who choose to live in squats anyway, opening with an underground punk gig hosted inside one, complete with the organizers who book the bands and keep the space running. Older squatters trace the movement back to the 1970s, when occupying empty houses was a common response to housing shortages rather than a subculture. A second section moves to England's oldest surviving squat, where residents let the public inside, and to a band that grew directly out of the southern squat scene. Campaigners opposing the new law sit across from council officials and housing association representatives, each explaining what an empty building should be for. An art exhibition made by people who have experienced homelessness closes the film, treating squatting less as trespass than as an alternative way of claiming space.