[eastexsteve]

There’s no “living free” if you’re on private property. If the do-good libs want to see him live out his years where he is, then they need to work out an agreement and start paying the landowner rent. These damn squatters show up everywhere.

[RandFan]

Yeah but putting him in jail? That is overdoing it

[srmanuel]

there is something called adverse possession in our legal system, I wonder if it would apply in this case...

Basically adverse possession is when a person squats on some property and over time no effort is made to remove him, he eventually gains the right to stay...

The guy according to the article has been living on the property for almost 3 decades, that seems a pretty long time before deciding to do something now..

[tired&retired]

If he lived there for 27 years without paying rent, he could have filed a deed on the place.

[Jarhead9297]

27 years, living by his own means. Live and let live.

[Tupelo]

Actually there is. It is called Adverse Possession or Adverse Tenancy. In some states, if you live (squat) on someones land for X amount of years and pay the taxes, it is yours. I have seen as low as two years and as long as 17 years. Source: https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Adverse+tenancy "Once adverse possession is completed, the claimant has full legal title to the property. The expiration of the statutory period eliminates any Cause of Action or liability for ejectment or trespass regarding the new owner's prior unlawful possession of the property. Once the time period is satisfied, the adverse possessor is considered the original owner of the land. He or she may use the land any way he or she sees fit provided it is lawful."

[AppyPappy]

“We want him to be free to live on that land”
“OK, you pay the rent”
“We don’t want it that badly”