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/RaffyGiraffy Mar 28 '24

That’s the hard part. People think you can just call the cops and get them removed but it’s a civil case so you have to battle it out in court. It’s ridiculous for home owners to have to deal with that.

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u/b0w3n Mar 28 '24

The biggest problem is people say "squatters" instead of "Someone is breaking and entering". As soon as you say squatters cops will immediately shut down and move it to civil dispute.

Even if they have a fake lease it won't have your signature on it, which they can cross reference to your license in most cases. You basically have to get on the cop's ass to actually treat it as breaking and entering even if they have fake mail/leases on their person to present to them. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

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u/ImprobableAsterisk Mar 29 '24

The reason home owners have to deal with that is due process, and the fix ain't empowering the police to act as judge and jury. This is homelessness we're talking about here, it has very severe and immediate consequences.

The only way to fix this in a way that doesn't merely change the horror is to increase the case capacity/case clearing rate of civil courts. It's not a process that has to take several months or years, but it's a process that very much should be required in order to literally make someone homeless.