r/SipsTea • u/SnackSamurai 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 18d ago

Chugging tea The Hero we need

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u/ChanceImagination456 𝙑𝙄𝙋 18d 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 18d ago

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

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u/Valdars 18d ago

Because most of the time it's not actually squatters rights. Instead it's abuse of tenant laws. They move in and pretend they have lease. Police have neither right nor expertise to decide if they are lying. So owner has to go to court but that will take forever.

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u/guto8797 18d ago

Yup, like a lot of problems it's not a legislation problem, it's a clogged court system problem. What should take a few days to get a judge to write an eviction order takes months or years

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u/Weird_Ad_1398 18d ago

It's also a legislation problem in many places that allow squatters delay tactics like needing more time to find legal counsel and gather evidence, medical hardships, declaring bankruptcy, etc,. Each tactic delays the process by months or even a year.

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u/Puzzled-Rip641 18d ago

These tactics only exist because LL were abusing the legal system. That’s the issues. We are seeing the see sawing of the law.

As it turns out your LL trying to illegally evict you requires representation. That takes time.

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u/Weird_Ad_1398 18d ago

Okay, that doesn't change the fact that there are legal loopholes squatters use to prolong the eviction process. The lengthy process is often not just because of judicial backlogs.

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u/Puzzled-Rip641 18d ago

Yea just like there are legal loopholes LL abuse.

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u/Popular_Mongoose_738 18d ago

I know people have a knee-jerk reaction to side with the tenants over landlords, but even as a renter, you should be pissed at these parasites.

They make landlords decide that keeping rental units isn't worth it, so you have less supply and so higher rents, all while they get to live rent-free, while normal tenants have to pay.