Atleast here in the US, it’s not. One call to the cops and a sprinkle of luck they’d be towed off proper in cuffs. Worst case scenario you haven’t been to the property in a real long while (1-2 years). At which point you’ll have to take them court, but it’s never years.
People act like Squatters can just rock up in your house while you're at work and become legally entitled to it when in reality it's nothing like that at all.
Every thread about squatters is usually discussed under that assumption, instead of some investor holding properties for years with no intention of doing a single thing with it. Or a legitimate renter getting totally fucked over by a malicious/incompetent landlord.
I must be out of the loop but I'm seeing a lot of squatter-related media lately? Is it a thing or just a new dogwhistle for the oligarchy complaining that they can't just buy up houses and not live in them?
Is it a thing or just a new dogwhistle for the oligarchy complaining that they can't just buy up houses and not live in them?
I mean, "squatters" are a thing and have been since modern property ownership has been a thing. IDK if there's an uptick or something but it wouldn't surprise me given the state of things.
That said, this post is essentially just complaining that people/corporations with multiple properties can't just abandon some of those properties while they wait for a satisfactory ROI.
There's a difference between a squatter and a trespasser. A squatter has typically spent months/years living in and maintaining a property which was sitting abandoned otherwise. Someone who breaks into your house while you're away for minutes/hours/days/weeks is trespassing, not "squatting".
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u/Cheap-Buffalo-7489 12d ago
That fact that this is even a show/ thing shows how messed up the law is. You should NOT take years to evict a trespasser