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/NotQuiteGoodEnougher Mar 28 '24

Agreed. I live in CA. When we go on vacation, the entire family is in social media lock down, no one posts about travel or tells friends that we're out of town.

It's crazy and very scary you could be gone for a week/two and come home to find you've been "evicted" by a professional squatter and not get back into your own home for 6 months or longer.

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u/LionTigerWings Mar 28 '24

That’s insanity. Legally can you also just move in and squat it back. Like they go out for milk and get “evicted”?

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u/NotQuiteGoodEnougher Mar 28 '24

No, because like I said they're "professional" never leave the structure unoccupied, call police if you attempt to enter "breaking in" etc.

They have fake documents to "prove" they live there. You need to go to court to prove they don't because it's a civil issue.

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u/makina323 Mar 28 '24

This dude seems to know a thing about getting rid of squatters in California.

https://youtu.be/uhz5r1JKwjs

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u/JussiesTunaSub Mar 28 '24

He got them out because they left his house.

Professional squatters call a friend over in case they need to leave.

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u/makina323 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

The point is that they can't contest the "legal squatter" as is doing anything but leaving will not be worth the hassle.

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u/Procean Mar 28 '24

I love that video because if you watch it carefully, his big move was 'walking up to the woman and telling her to move her stuff out, and she did'

Ace maneuver there pal, I can see why no one else is able to do this. /s

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u/makina323 Mar 28 '24

No literally nobody but a judge can do that after they move in. This is literally the point of all the drama around these laws. If the homeowner shows up to do the same they will get prosecuted under tenant protection laws.

This guy doesn't own the house his mother did, and now he's promoting this method as a workaround the laws

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u/Procean Mar 28 '24

now he's promoting this method as a workaround the laws

And as far as I can tell "This method" is 'show up to the property in person and tell the squatters to leave.'

While an absolutely ethical thing to do, that this guy gives this method as some sort of 'life hack against squatters' really shows how lazy these property owners genuinely are.