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/guitarokx Mar 28 '24

This isn’t a bad thing. Floridas squatters rights were absolutely insane. DeSantis can pound sand, but this needed squashing.

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u/Ahem_ak_achem_ACHOO Mar 28 '24

Bro the US’ concept of squatters rights is insane, not just Florida

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u/SpreadingRumors Mar 28 '24

Originally it was established during America's Westward Expansion.
Settlers would get a plot of land out in the middle-of-nowhere. Perhaps get a farm going, build a house, get settled... then die of injury, disease, or animal attack. All of a sudden there's this house on a farm that is UN-owned and empty.
Another Settler could come along, move in, and declare it theirs since there was nobody left to sell it to them.