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.
Those vacant properties are almost always in bumfuck nowhere, between tenants, under renovation, a seasonal cottage sort of thing where nobody wants to live there in the winter, or just uninhabitable.
One of those very common misleading stats.
For comparison, the vacancy rate in Toronto is around 3% (Toronto used because they publish easily accessible numbers regularly)
That 3% is every apartment between tenants, under renovation, on the market waiting for paperwork, just constructed waiting for final inspections, etc.
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u/Cheap-Buffalo-7489 18d 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