I was fortunate some years ago when we had a squatter in a rental property we owned. He had, with his mother’s help, moved in on his sister, to whom we were renting the house. After some time, she was unhappy with the situation and tried to get him to move out; unsuccessfully. She finally just moved out, but he stayed, and he was not even trying to pick up the rent.
We went and confronted him and warned him we’d have him forcefully evicted. He claimed he was a “veteran” and as a veteran he “had his rights”. We told him nothing gave him the right to occupy our property - which he as making a shambles of.
Fortunately we had friends in both the local police department and the local sherriffs office. They agreed to help us, unofficially.
Together with out law enforcement friends in tow we returned to the prpoerty the next day. They started writing up citations for many illegal things he was doing on the property - essentially running a junk car and motorcycle repair operation on a residential property (according to neighbors, till all hours of the nite). Our law enforcement friends threatened to arrest him for his illegal operations if he was not gone in 24 hours. (He was not smart enough to know they first had to take him to court). We figured the threats by our law enforcement friends would be enough0
Sometime in the following 24 hours he left. And left us such a mess in and outside the house it took three junkyard tow trucks, some flatbed tow trunks and three multi-ton dumpsters to clear all his junk out - and that’s not considering the repairs we had to do inside the house.
However, with our law enforcement friends help we avoided lenghthy court processes to get the guy out.
Unfortunately in some states, like New York, squAtters get the presumption of innocent, no matter what, and until you go through the long court process to prove your claim, they get to occupy your property without any hinderance from you.
It should be the reverse, that a squatter should gave to prove they have a valid lease from the valid owner, or else.
Why not just counter-squat. Bring in the family tree and occupy the house. Be sure to take two hours using the bathroom, and don’t flush the toilet.
Crimes, unpunished, become trends. Successful trends become industry. The illegal invaders will learn how to work the system and every vacant property will be at risk. There is little downside to the property squatter because even if eventually kicked out, they have benefitted from free housing during their occupation. I would love to franchise an anti squatter business, but the downside is murder, manslaughter, or injury to the contractor or perp. Regardless, the owners have power to successfully fight but must keep the situation off the radar of the police and media. Stalk the property until the squatter leaves. Break in and change locks. Camp at the widow. Have 911 ready to dial. Call and scream bloody murder and “home invasion” on the phone at first sight of the squatter’s return. Then, invest in ADT! I went through a very similar thing in June of 2020 during Covid. The guy I had to evict (former owner’s crackhead boyfriend), kept breaking back in at 3am. ADT was great but the Aurora (CO) police were less than helpful. The dude never stayed long enough to get caught. One day, on my way to the property, ADT called with another alert. I called the Aurora police again and they circled the house. The Lt said this it was an “eviction issue” and that Covid tied their hands. He then asked, “how do you really know he’s in there? Did you see him?” I said no. So, with about 6 Aurora pd on scene, he let ME “clear the house”. I pulled out my handgun and did exactly that as they waited. Luckily, the psycho wasn’t there. However, the whole thing was very surreal. I’m still looking for the sonofabitch. I had him served for $23k in damages for repeated break-ins and related costs - judgement awarded by default.
When anarchy reigns you must play by a different set of rules.
Are legal tenants protected from eviction in New York? If not, then this is just another example of law breakers being granted more rights than are law abiding citizens.
Criminals have more rights than honest citizens!
biden’s America
Democrats (WEF): “By 2030 you will own nothing and be happy!”
If you think this is bad wait until the 4000 prisoners that were released from prison in Haiti get here.
Because a demonRAT would just let them keep it and cry about how inheriting anything was "White Privilege" or some such nonsense.
Many years ago a buddy of mine was what could only be considered as a slumlord. He owned several dozen shacks that he rented out to Section 8 types.
His solution to tenant removal was very clever. He kept the water service in his name rather than having the renter pay the utility deposit and monthly charges. When a tenant went 45 days delinquent the water was shut off.
He said the longest it ever took for the deadbeats to either get current on rent or leave was ten days. Things tend to get stinky when the toilets won’t flush.
IF the government as an active participate by supporting and abetting the squatter’s actions not to vacate, on demand of the property owner, I would think this contitutes and illegal “taking” of private property: a Constitutional matter.
Andaloro claims the ordeal erupted when she started the process of trying to sell the home last month but realized squatters had moved in — and brazenly replaced the entire front door and locks.
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So it’s a break and enter crime if a thug ‘breaks and enter’ and then leaves... but if the breaker and enterer stays after gaining entry, they are just a squatter if they stay?
Ok... got it.
OMG!
And will anybody do anything? Naaaaaaaahhhhhhh
Cops can’t move these people out because the wrong presecent is being followed. The decision was made to treat squatters like tenants not paying rent. That’s the wrong application.
That was the BIG mistake. Squatters were never tenants.
Squatters should have been treated like a burglar caught by cops IN THE HOME: arrested, removed and jailed.
So what do we do now?
Go to state legislators and have them write new laws.
Then the problem is solved.
Cops can remove them if what they’re doing is breaking the law. But the law is NOT written so cops can’t do anything. This isn’t rocket science.