• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      throughout the US?

      if so, they don’t seem to be used successfully that I see; really the only squatters I’ve encountered were the pack of meth heads who moved into a neighbors house while they were working overseas. claimed they had a lease, even. And even they were gone in under a week.

      just curious, thanks.

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        throughout the US?

        Well The US is a patchwork of laws, so mileage may vary.

        Still, perhaps we need to strengthen them. They are in the spirit of “this is who actually lives and contributes here”

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          Squatters shouldn’t have rights wtf. That’s not their property, lol it’s like lemme me just steal some shit from the store, they’re not using it.

          There was a case study about how bizarre squatter rights existed in NY if the owner was away for 30 days and there so many cases of primary residence people going on extended vacation, and coming back and then they become homeless because some asshole just decided to move in until the court finally reviews these frivelous cases.

          There are major things wrong with housing, but squatter rights are effectively allowing you to steal from others. They should look into limiting hoarding and lvt which has been shown to be more effective in places like Singapore.

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            Squatters shouldn’t have rights wtf. That’s not their property, lol it’s like lemme me just steal some shit from the store, they’re not using it.

            If the owners don’t figure that someone moved in on the order of years then clearly they don’t care either. Thus the squatters have a right to claim the property.