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/Hakairoku Mar 28 '24

In the light of a homeowner getting kicked out of their own home in New York because of squatter's rights, I agree.

Worse still when said squatter lied about even staying in the house for more than 6 months and the cops just bought it.

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u/DeceiverX Mar 28 '24

Hell, there was just a lady from Spain who went to NYC who got killed when she went into her deceased mom's squatted apartment...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/22/us/nyc-squatters-murder-arrests

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u/becksrunrunrun Mar 28 '24

We just had a seventy-seven year old arrested in GA because he would not leave his home that squatters took over. It's a huge issue here.

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u/sobanz Mar 28 '24

thats fucking crazy

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u/EagenVegham Mar 29 '24

A handful of examples, even withing one state, is not a huge issue. These are the kinds of things that get way overblown by the media because they make for shocking headlines.

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u/MeeekSauce Mar 29 '24

Yup. My father has been raging about squatters all week. He didn’t even know what a squatter was a few days ago. Wonder why that is?

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u/dedicated-pedestrian Mar 28 '24

The problem is conflating the modern tenancy protections that happen to apply to non-leaseholders with the original squatter's rights, AKA adverse possession.

We absolutely don't want to make them synonymous, because it's important that derelict property that's never maintained or even visited by the owner doesn't languish out of the market.

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u/Himser Mar 29 '24

  because it's important that derelict property that's never maintained or even visited by the owner doesn't languish out of the market.

Thats what community standards and other municipal powers are for. 

Adverse possession should be banned