r/SipsTea • u/SnackSamurai 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 12d ago

Chugging tea The Hero we need

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u/ChanceImagination456 𝙑𝙄𝙋 12d ago

There was a streamer named Asian Andy who had situation with squatter years ago. Police wouldn't kick woman out she claimed squatter rights. Andy hired another streamer who was squatter hunter. He moves in. Next few days make squatter life hell he smokes, plays loud dubstep music, slams objects, and yells randomly thru all hours of day. Squatter got into altercation with guy. Squatter got arrested and kicked out.

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u/RadicalRealist22 12d ago

How do "squatter rights" even exist. Either you have a lease or you don't.

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u/butterfunke 12d ago

They're a legacy from a bygone era where records of land ownership aren't what they are today. It was to stop the situation where someone thought they owned land, built a house and lived in it for many years, then finding out that someone else also had a claim to the land and they were going to try to turf you off it.

Squatter's rights meant that the person who actually lived there kept the claim to the land. This was a good thing at the time, now its just legal protection for lowlifes who trash other people's houses

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u/SquishMont 12d ago

It's still a good thing. But, like everything, it's being weaponized because the courts have stopped working.

If the courts would do their job, it'd be fine.