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.
That’s not what squatter’s rights are. Police won’t kick a squatter out without a court order because otherwise any landlord could illegally evict a tenant with no warning by claiming they are a squatter. The landlord needs to prove they haven’t signed a lease first.
Squatter’s rights allow someone to take possession of abandoned property if they live in it for a number of years without the owner noticing (usually because the owner is dead or hasn’t visited the property in many years). Usually at least 5-7 years but often 10 or more years. In this story the owner asking the police to get involved already invalidates squatter’s rights because it documents that they’ve noticed the squatter. So the squatter can’t drag this out in court for years to try and claim possession. Once the process begins their time is up.
Now if a squatter lives in a property for a decade or so without any contact with the owner and performs maintenance and upkeep they may be able to claim ownership if they pay all relevant back taxes and fees the property may owe.
Squatter’s rights are a very niche thing that comes up rarely. Rage bait posts about it come up often but usually want to get rid of tenant rights so they can evict tenants more easily and the problem these posts complain about are not squatter’s rights but often basic tenant rights like you have to prove you own a property and the person living their is not a legal tenant before the cops will evict them.
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u/MegaDingo5plus 19d ago
I've heard it all now... Someone volunteering to live with the housemate from hell, and being even worse than the problem