A man's body has been found at a house in Melbourne's inner north-east where squatters were forcibly removed from empty houses this week.

Police said the body of a man in his 50s was found at an address in Bendigo Street at Collingwood shortly after 10:30am.

A neighbour found the body after walking into the house and contacted triple-0.

Victoria Police Superintendent David Clayton would not comment on how the man died, but said the death was not being treated as suspicious.

"The death of any person is quite tragic. It's non-suspicious so at this stage it causes a little bit of unrest in the community," Superintendent Clayton said.

"Unfortunately non-suspicious deaths are not uncommon."

Superintendent Clayton would not comment on whether any drugs were found at the house.

He said a report on the death would be prepared for the coroner.

Man found unfamiliar to squatters

Squatters who have been living in Bendigo Street for the past six months said they had never seen the man before.

Squatters were evicted from several houses in Bendigo Street this week. ( News Video )

They said the people occupying the house regularly took strangers in the give the shelter.

Squatters broke into several houses in Bendigo Street that were acquired for the now-dumped East West Link road toll on Tuesday night.

They were forcibly evicted by police on Wednesday after claims they had threatened and abused nearby residents.

The houses were acquired by the previous Coalition government along with others in Parkville to make way for the building of the proposed East West Link project.

The Andrews Government cancelled the road contract and announced it would use the houses as emergency accommodation for families fleeing domestic violence. But about 50 homeless people began living in the properties.

In August they came to an agreement with the Andrews Government to move out.

A group supporting the squatters said those people evicted were trying to draw attention to homelessness.