The City is a lawless, crime-ridden crap hole, because City officials have to make sure the crime rates are low, which means arrests are slim to none.You're right - it's about keeping the lie that 'crime rates are down' going. The price of that tactic? People in New York are harmed, cops are in danger, and the city is falling apart. That said, it's still nice to know if squatters move into OUR homes in Florida, all we have to do is call the cops and they'll get them out of our homes.
DeSantis just signed the squatter's bill like two days ago right? Did Florida have any earlier squatter laws? I live in the middle of New York State, in a small city in a red county. I'll be 77 in August and have never owned a home, but I do have renter's insurance. When my son lived in Indiana, the apartment complexes there required renters to have insurance. It was in the lease. I wonder if insurance companies would ever offer the option for home owners to purchase squatter-protection insurance. You have to have homeowner's insurance on a house when you buy it. What would happen when a house in New York is taken over by squatter's while the homeowner is spending the winter in Florida, and the squatter's tear the place apart? Will the insurance company accept a claim in that kind of incident? I can't believe that that type of situation hasn't already happened someplace in this country.
The internet is fueling the problem, and unless States and Cities take action, we'll be seeing more of it.