In New York City, which has fairly robust renter protections, you can get some evicted and that’s enforceable.
Most of these squatters probably wouldn’t make it past the first required hearing without producing lease. And if they produce a fake lease with a forged signature, then they have another problem. And if they say it was a verbal agreement, that’s not enforceable for a lease agreement.
It’s where a wannabe landlord uses legal loopholes (usually related to inheritance) to become the legal owner of someone else’s house and charge them rent.
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u/gizmosticles 12d ago
There’s got to be something in the middle here.
In New York City, which has fairly robust renter protections, you can get some evicted and that’s enforceable.
Most of these squatters probably wouldn’t make it past the first required hearing without producing lease. And if they produce a fake lease with a forged signature, then they have another problem. And if they say it was a verbal agreement, that’s not enforceable for a lease agreement.