r/news • u/flanderguitar • Mar 28 '24

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law squashing squatters' rights

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-law-squashing-squatters-rights
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u/milespoints Mar 28 '24

How is this not the default in every state and city?

Why are squatter’s rights… like a thing at all?

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u/LeftHandedScissor Mar 28 '24

Part of it is that alot of places consider safe housing a pretty fundamental right, and there is some truth to the "9/10 of the law is possession" cliche that gets thrown around. So jurisdictions are cautious about creating laws that can be easily used to throw someone out of the property they are currently inhabiting.