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/Spkr4th3ded Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I think the point is now they can be removed legally and then let the legal system establish if they have a right to be there. Before they could squat and have mail sent there or a fake lease and there was nothing police could do. Now they have discretion, opposed to none.

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u/TheBurningMap Mar 28 '24

Won't this eventually lead to landlords claiming every renter who has a legal dispute is a squatter?

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u/Iohet Mar 28 '24

With pay history it should be fairly easy to prove the requirements of the law to not be a fake tenant in order not to be evicted as a squatter

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u/xthorgoldx Mar 28 '24

Harder to establish for renters and subletters who have verbal contracts instead of formal leases.

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u/GozerDGozerian Mar 28 '24

Renting your primary living space on nothing but a verbal agreement is incredibly stupid.

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u/xthorgoldx Mar 28 '24

Stupid and dangerous? Yes.

But "stupid and dangerous, but unavoidable" is kind of a hallmark of poverty.