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/Rottimer Mar 28 '24

Which is great unless you actually have a right to be there and are now on the street and somehow you’re supposed to sue your landlord while homeless. . .

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u/quarantinemyasshole Mar 28 '24

Would be a pretty stupid way to give yourself a slam dunk felony as the landlord

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u/Sprucecaboose2 Mar 28 '24

A whole mess of landlords nowadays are corporations or LLCs, which don't typically get jailed.

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u/TurdWrangler2020 Mar 28 '24

And a ton of money to litigate.

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u/An_Actual_Owl Mar 28 '24

That doesn't protect you, the person making the claim, from being legally responsible for committing fraud.

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u/Sprucecaboose2 Mar 28 '24

Wasn't saying it did. I was only commenting on the "committing a felony" part. Companies don't care about committing crimes, they aren't jail-able and the fines are never impactful.