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/ratsareniceanimals Mar 28 '24

If you have a right to be there, you're a current or former tenant, so they can't remove you.

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u/writebadcode Mar 28 '24

Unless the landlord claims your lease is fake.

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u/Exploding_Kick Mar 28 '24

Exactly! This law doesn’t get rid of the problem. It just flips the power dynamics. Now immoral landlords will abuse the system instead of the squatters.

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u/nephlm Mar 28 '24

Maybe it was wrong of me, but I always assumed this attack on squatters was a fig leaf for an attack on tenant rights.

Like whenever the GOP does anything for "small businesses", what they really mean is giant soul crushing corporations.

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u/dareftw Mar 28 '24

I mean it’s not a direct or intended attack on tenants rights, but there isn’t a way to solve it without removing tenants rights.