"We have been looking at this issue in terms of squatting. Yes, we think it's growing, but not very rapidly," Lindfield said.
The squatter problem "causes a huge waste of human and physical resources, sterilizes large amounts of land outside the land market and, through poor environmental conditions, leads to lower productivity and can be the source of pollution and health problems affecting the wider community," he said.
But unlike Obina, Lindfield does not think failure to solve the squatter problem would necessarily lead to violence.
"Squatting is a reflection of failed land markets. The solution is to fix the land markets -- a governance matter, not to blame the squatters," he said.
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