Reviews of the book in the 1980s praised its detailed insider knowledge of the London squatter movement. The London Journal called it a "hearteningly extensive survey of direct action on homelessness". The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research review judged the book "valuable" whilst also noting it was "written by squatters for squatters with a backward-looking slightly nostalgic feel". Contemporary scholars working on squatting have acknowledged it as a useful historical document.
