Bill filed to prevent squatters from having rights

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[@Thrvsh]

squatters should never have rights in the first place

[@user-hv3em9fg2f]

@@jody-ne7xsyeah right

[@user-bf8um5oj9q]

@@jody-ne7xsStealing property is not a HUMAN RIGHT

[@audenharper3014]

i'd give them squatters some rights, a few lefts too.

[@feralbigdog]

i disagree, ONLY in the way that they should ONLY have the miranda rights, "you have the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney...." i think you know what im getting at, i hope this law gains traction and spreads across the nation. you squat, you get free housing and food, in lockup! id like for this to get added to, force the squatters to make restitution, force them to learn a trade they can get work at, like carpentry or something, and eventually be able to build or afford a place legally, and leave them better than when they first get arrested for squatting.

[@jeretso]

Vacation, Work trip, Soldier deploy, Snow bird or Hospital stay. Any scammer can google how to take their home

[@madmonkey762]

Any politicians who are against this bill should house the squatters.

[@peeudo]

No, any politician who doesn’t support this new law should be voted out of office. Squatters shouldn’t have any rights when illegally occupying someone else’s house/property.

[@deliciouskromer4578]

@@peeudovoted out of government AND house squatters

[@robertlowe5697]

California Governor from San Francisco, Gavin Newscum!

[@scootza1]

​@@deliciouskromer4578y'know, why vote when you can just deal with the problem permanently? Obviously murder is wrong and illegal but it's certainly more effective than relying on tHe LaW at this point

[@kenmoreSF]

most likely some sycho socialist or Democrat

[@krackerjack1233]

Should release the names of the politicians against the bill so the squatters kn9w where to go.

[@michaeljenkins6707]

All democrats

[@sepg5084]

​@@michaeljenkins6707 republicans

[@h_3_x_]

There are 16 million vacant homes and 300,000 homeless we have than enough of homes for people. Yet they raise the rent and lock u up if u don't follow their rules. Why do u side with the rich so much?

[@teamofone1219]

Or who to vote out.

[@chris135x]

Oh okay guy.

[@maternst1]

The idea that SQUATTERS who take over your home have RIGHTS, just boggles my mind!???

[@NYCmob79]

S&W has rights too

[@kevykevTPA]

@@NYCmob79 Not in NY, unfortunately. Yet, anyway, we'll see when the next gun control case after the Bruen decision lands on the USSC's docket.

[@teamofone1219]

Sometimes they don’t know they are squatting and generally believe they are legit tenants but got scammed by someone else.

[@chris135x]

What if a house isn't being occupied for more than five years?

[@chris135x]

​@@kevykevTPANo one in New York has rights.

[@viviannash-jeffries4357]

This needs to become a Nationwide Law

[@brendahidalgo4711]

YES!

[@TerryComo2010]

Not according to the GOP, they believe in states rights and hate the national government.

[@marcusturner9397]

Slaves built America. Houses owned by slave owners. Go squatters!

[@donotsupportterroristgroups]

I 100% agree!

[@TVHouseHistorian]

100% *THIS*

[@herbbot8241]

This needs to pass asap

[@dreamsroman]

Agree

[@personnesenki4521]

Democrat lawmakers won't support it.

[@johnsmith9966]

Make it happen

[@jaeeluv]

💯‼️

[@DanielCadarette]

Democrats will never let this pass.

[@anonnnymousthegreat]

Now the lady homeowner who got arrested recently, should be let out of prison the moment that bill passes and all expenses and damages the squatter caused the homeowner to be paid back in restitution to her.

[@chavvy9074]

That’s not how the law works. With that logic all the people in jail for marijuana in states that have legalized should be out. Youre held accountable for the laws that were the law when you broke them.

[@kguile7832]

​@chavvy9074 they should be. By your logic if you got thrown in prison for a 20 bag and had to spend 5 years, and then they legalized it the next day, you still need to serve the 5 years. If that's what floats your boat, bucko, then live your truth. Stay off of other people's property.

[@chavvy9074]

@@kguile7832 uh, yeah, that’s exactly how it works. Like…..this has actually been a thing that activists have had to bring up, in lots of states there are people activizing and requesting initiatives to free marijuana offenders if the state legalizes. Guess you learn something new every day? Lol that’s LITERALLY how it works lmfao you’re making it seem like it was my idea or something, and I most certainly didn’t say I support it, just saying how it goes.

[@chavvy9074]

@@jaredmiller8740 yea, they have to appeal, and that’s usually something regarding the punishment like for example when California got rid of the death penalty, all the ppl on death row were converted to life in prison. And she wouldn’t be compensated for wrongful imprisonment because she was found guilty of the law at the time. Some of yall be all over the place regarding who you think should be paid for what.

[@myplaylist7007]

I heard from one video that she was killed ?, i need to double check.

[@kristinab1078]

NY citizens call or write your local representatives to push hard for this !!!! Every single state needs to push for this.

[@JeannieH1006]

FL already signed it into law this year

[@latinoman7499]

this needs to pass ASAP!!!

[@FlamesCagney]

HOly sh*t!!! Really??? We have to have a law to keep people from stealing your house? Holy Jeepers.

[@inconvenientexistenlism]

Long overdue.

[@Adrian-twenty24]

I feel the same about how they allow "sentenced for life incarcerated prisoners" the right to vote and file taxes...in which they use that money to buy drugs and phones in prisons.

[@inconvenientexistenlism]

@@Adrian-twenty24 "Human Rights" is just a euphemism for "Criminal Rights," and "Criminal Rights" has always been stupid for greedy lawyers, politicians, and SJW to make their living.

[@FlamesCagney]

@@Adrian-twenty24 Just like all these years I thought there was a process of coming to America, turns out all you have to do is walk over the border.

[@Adrian-twenty24]

@@FlamesCagney my thoughts exactly

[@CrainialCommando]

They need to adopt a bill that is EXACTLY like the one that passed unanimously in Florida that makes the squatter guilty of trespassing and a felony for damaging the property as well as using a fake lease.

[@bsgvlog5640]

yes the fake lease portion is the most important part of the loophole that needs to be closed , otherwise all the current issues they're having will just continue , it only take 2 dollars and 15 minutes to go down to a public library and print out a fake leasing agreement.

[@chavvy9074]

Aren’t there already laws that do that?

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 I believe Florida is the only state to adopt laws to specifically fight squatters.

[@chavvy9074]

@@CrainialCommando isn’t a squatter just a prolonged trespasser? You can have them trespassed at any time if they’re actually trespassing.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 In reality yes, a squatter is a prolonged trespasser but to lawfully remove them they must be evicted just like a landlord/tenant civil case would be handled. The police won't remove them citing "it's a civil matter".

[@Tuisto]

New York is insane to allow only 30 days for squatters rights. Ohio for comparison takes 21 *YEARS* of the person living in a property, paying utilities and having no contact from the property owner to invoke squatters rights. Otherwise they're considered Trespassers that the police can remove, worst case is the squatter shows a fake "lease" to the police, police say it's a civil matter and you have to evict them, which takes only 30 days then the squatters are removed by court bailiffs and the sheriffs

[@chavvy9074]

New York’s squatters rights start after 10 years.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 You seem well informed on when squatters rights start. When did you first become one?

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Maybe you should try earning a living instead of squatting in innocent peoples houses?

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Your comment (just in case you delete it): idk grandpa, it seems like you’re jealous that I used the law to my benefit to get a free house or something, maybe do more homework. So you admit to being a squatter. What a piece of feces you are! It's about time you admitted the truth.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Your comment (just in case you delete it): idk grandpa, it seems like you’re jealous that I used the law to my benefit to get a free house or something, maybe do more homework. So you admit to being a squatter. What a piece of feces you are! It's about time you admitted the truth.

[@PhycoKrusk]

The purpose of "squatter's rights" was so that, if you set out into the wilderness and establish a homestead, the government cannot then later evict you from that land without due process of law. It has _nothing_ to do whatsoever with houses that have been "abandoned" when there is a clear record of who the property owner is.

[@mimim8532]

Wow! I didn’t know that! Shout it out everywhere! Thank you!

[@lewie5913]

The thing is it wasn’t just “Wilderness”. It was inhabited by Native Americans and the government actually benefited with having squatters as cannon fodder so that if Natives contested the squatting then the US would use it as an excuse to break treaties and seize even more territory from tribal lands either by military force or bureaucracy.

[@personnesenki4521]

Squatter's rights do apply to abandoned properties but in most states the property has to be abandoned for many years. If the property owner sets foot on the property it resets the clock.

[@PhycoKrusk]

@@lewie5913 Really is a separate discussion, but all the same, you and I actually agree: If person occupies property that belongs to another person without an agreement between those parties - or in violation of an agreement between those parties - the claim of the occupying party should not be recognized.

[@thatguy5801]

Let the bill pass, and let the natives start new legal processes under the new law to evict you guys from their historical land, can't wait until this backfires!

[@DrakePatterson]

Imagine describing yourself as a “squatter advocate”. 🙄

[@RekojGnik]

That's wild AF

[@williamschri]

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife (MacKenzie Scott) is one such person. She donated hundreds of millions to organizations that are squatter advocates. I don't know if she's just stupid or she actually believes squatters should have more rights than homeowners.

[@spritedrin]

@@williamschripeople like her are too rich to care. She probably did it as a side deal

[@h_3_x_]

There are 16 million vacant homes and 300,000 homeless we have than enough of homes for people. Yet they raise the rent and lock u up if u don't follow their rules. Why do u side with the rich so much?

[@youtubesucks1821]

​​@@williamschriShe wants the Chaos to continue so richers like her stay on top

[@starshine3588]

Homeowners should never have to take these criminals to court just to get them out of their property….they should be arrested right away for trespassing and unlawful entry….especially if they won’t leave right away. I’m sick and tired of this happening again and again….the home owners have rights to their property….no one else does.

[@shwah8299]

"arrested right away" with no evidence, you serfs don't understand these laws protect you from unlawful eviction. Under these new laws landleeches will be able to evict and arrest legal tenants on the spot. That's dumb.

[@shwah8299]

Why not get rid of due process all together?

[@HomersIlliad]

​@@shwah8299arrested, not convicted

[@ontheroad5555]

They make fake papers that give the impression they belong there. Like write their name on the mailbox. The police is not going to act as a judge to figure out who is telling the truth that is why they would tell you to go to court.

[@Sam-ey1nn]

Imagine working your entire life and having everything you've ever earned be in the value of your house. And some scumbags can come, break in when you're not home, and steal your house from you by claiming tenancy. And New York State protects and encourages them. It is outrageous beyond belief.

[@brendahidalgo4711]

PASS ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KayFabe87]

If squatters starting occupying the NY properties of prominent politicians while they are in DC (AOC, schumer, nadler) the squatters would be removed and the laws changed ASAP.

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY you people don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Why don't you tell us why squatters rights arose? You must be an expert since you are one.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Your comment (just in case you delete it): idk grandpa, it seems like you’re jealous that I used the law to my benefit to get a free house or something, maybe do more homework. So you admit to being a squatter. What a piece of feces you are!

[@Xilladan093]

​@@chavvy9074 let me occupy ur house then

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Your comment (just in case you delete it): idk grandpa, it seems like you’re jealous that I used the law to my benefit to get a free house or something, maybe do more homework. So you admit to being a squatter. What a piece of feces you are! It's about time you admitted the truth.

[@johnbruenn8755]

It’s about damn time! They should have never had “rights” in the first place. It’s called trespassing and breaking and entering. VERY illegal! In some states you could get shot by a homeowner for that.

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY people don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain. Give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then and millennials and Gen Z will all be without houses, cus Boomers are stupid.

[@shwah8299]

These laws are actually attacking Tenants rights, squatters rights is a whole different thing that says if you spent over a decade improving and maintaining property someone who abandoned that property, or their kids, can't just come and take it from you, there are cases where a home was illegally sold 80 years ago but squatters rights protect the tenant in those cases. These laws are written to circumvent the eviction process instead of streamlining it or funding it. The end result will be that landlords can remove legal tenants on the spot.

[@Tommy-rf9sw]

Give them(squatters) the vacant addresses of the politicians and police. After they personally suffer, changes will be made, hopefully at the federal level and not just state.

[@seansingh4421]

If this happens to me I’m paying the Gambinos to evict them, not some court

[@FC-qe1wl]

Do it yourself and tell no one.....any third party can and probably will blackmail you afterwards. Trust no one...

[@morrismonet3554]

@@FC-qe1wl Midnight gardening is a thing.

[@allancastillo3419]

Make sure you're speaking to the godfather lol not random hoods

[@CatWhiskering]

Why hire a lawyer when you can hire a wood chipper?

[@neilkurzman4907]

It’s amazing how many people want to demonstrate how little they know about the law and how they want to end up in legal trouble worse than the people who are screwing them over. If you get some professional squatters and you try to do something illegal to evict them. Not only will they stay there, but you will end up paying the money and possibly paying an attorney money and still have to go through the courts to evict them.

[@andrewordog4397]

Last I knew, breaking into ANY structure, was a crime.

[@jeretso]

They fix the door and change the locks before anyone notices

[@chavvy9074]

Not true

[@user-fo5ty5ky3b]

not where democrats are in power

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 This guy is a squatter who is upset about his scam being lost.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Be careful of this guy because to him breaking in is a free meal ticket.

[@Whitpusmc]

Squatter advocates should put the squatters up in their homes.

[@yereviltwin]

Unfortunately there is people out there that do this for a living . Their goal is to get free housing or get you the owner to pay them to leave . My buddy had a simalar problem they requested him pay them 10k each for them to leave lucky for him he check on the property everyother day and was able to provide to the responding officers video of them breaking in and changing the luck as well as audio from them demanding money for him to leave.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

ABOUT TIME. This is great news. It needs to be a Federal law.

[@krillin876]

It won't pass...

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY pople don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain. Give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then and millennials and Gen Z will all be without houses, cus Boomers are stupid.

[@Letsgetmad36]

@@krillin876i will

[@stephenmccaffrey199]

The homeowner has actual evidence of ownership. The squatter has none. If I call the police and tell them someone entered my home illegally, that person better be going to jail.

[@mlong9475]

This should be passed nationwide ! It's insane that this has not been done from the first time this was an issue.

[@om-nj2hw]

Homeowners rights just passed in Florida! Hopefully your next NY. This needs to become national.

[@stevekwan8232]

Never, not in this liberal corrupt infested state

[@billyvon666]

Yeah .Try and invade my home. you'll leave in a body bag. Thank you gov Desantis.

[@joejojo5966]

What are decent areas to live in FL cuz I know I can't get into the "good" areas lmao

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY pople don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain, give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 This guy is repeating this same speech all over this comment section because he's a squatter in denial.

[@bksweetgirl1987]

So the people that are fighting this new law they’re trying to put in they should put those squatters in their homes

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY pople don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain, give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Once again THE SAME COMMENT....WOW. Thank god for copy and paste, huh? You need to stop squatting and open a Xerox store.

[@bksweetgirl1987]

@@chavvy9074 Don’t put me in no category buddy talking all this trash

[@chavvy9074]

@@CrainialCommando can most definitely tell you’re a boomer cus name a city with a xerox store anymore, people have copiers on their printers nowadays grandpa. Youre clearly not a victim of the housing crisis as propagated by corporations buying all the houses.

[@chavvy9074]

@@bksweetgirl1987 where did I put YOU in any category? Take things personal much? It’s a general comment.

[@marvelmusic4566]

This is way way way way long past due. I'm with Thrvsh. Who gave them rights in the first place? And yeah, it should be a NATIONAL law. If it becomes something true homeowners are being harmed by, we'll tweak it. Close the freaking loophole already.

[@cooldudicus7668]

Florida just passed a good law to fix this mess. New York needs to copy and paste the law as bill and pass it.

[@larschapman3329]

Who on Earth passed the law giving 'rights' to Squatters and what were they thinking?!

[@ShiningSakura]

it was made for homesteaders on land and clearly abandoned homes so the government couldn't take the land and home away from them. What those people who made the law didn't foresee were squatters using this as an excuse to steal homes from homeowners and properties that were never abandoned and land currently occupied.

[@KayFabe87]

The leftist democrats that keep getting elected in NY.

[@chavvy9074]

@AtomicGirlNYC squatters rights literally dates back to 1234 in England.

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY pople don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain. Give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then and millennials and Gen Z will all be without houses, cus Boomers are stupid.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Sounds like you've done your homework on squatters, is that why you became one?

[@kentmusgrove5038]

The issue is: How did the original law get so twisted that squatters had more rights than the owner. AND now we need another law just to protect the owners' rights? Unbelievable how far we have gone down the rabbit hole.

[@shwah8299]

eviction process bureaucracy. All they have to do is fund and streamline legal evictions. But that wouldn't screw the working class enough. This is sensationalist bs in order to strip tenant rights against unlawful eviction.

[@GrandMasterLynx]

Best solution I read was where somebody rented it to a friend had the documents for proof of a rent agreement and his friend went to the Police and said he had people trespassing and the home he was renting and they were removed

[@anastasia10017]

yes somebody else did something similar. his mother had a house that squatters took over and she couldn't get them out. So he made her draw up a rental lease making him the new legal tenant and then he could call the cops and say that there were people trespassing in his house. So basically, a rent tenant has more rights than the property owner.

[@shwah8299]

There are ways to do this, landlords are just lazy.

[@shwah8299]

​@@anastasia10017"a rent tenant has more rights than a property owner" that is for a good reason. This is about eroding tenants rights not squatters rights (which is a whole different thing on time-frames that last decades not months)

[@little1942]

Squatters rights is an oxymoron that shouldn’t exist! You don’t have the “right” to someone else’s property! But you can bet if a squatter tried to steal a politicians home there wouldn’t be any discussions

[@shwah8299]

Do you know why we have these laws?

[@A.Dunn90]

Now make it a national law and actually enforce it

[@pauljackson9716]

Proactve thinking, owners register their vacant property with local law enforcement. Anyone entering that home without prior authorization is arrested for criminal trespassing.

[@OFFONE]

+ 1 make it a category 1 felony as well

[@zerodegreescelsius]

Not being able to cut off the utilities is the most ridiculous part.

[@Lp0tr33]

You can take over someone's house and you just have to say you have been there 30 days. And the fact that you can't turn off their utilities to at least have them pay for that, is outrageous.

[@chavvy9074]

They have to pay the utilities in order to qualify for adverse possession.

[@shwah8299]

Outrageous sure. But the answer is not to go to the other extreme and give landlords the ability to evict and arrest legal tenants on the spot

[@Lp0tr33]

@@shwah8299 No no, I meant the outrageous part is that you are required by law to pay their electric and water bills for the next two years until the courts kick them out.

[@mimim8532]

Pass this law! Come on!

[@h_3_x_]

There are 16 million vacant homes and 300,000 homeless we have than enough of homes for people. Yet they raise the rent and lock u up if u don't follow their rules. Why do u side with the rich so much?

[@IlllIlllIlllIlll]

the lady with the 2mil house from queens now has to wait 3yrs to get her house back.

[@daviddaviscrawford3669]

😢so sad

[@mitababii]

That’s crazy

[@danzena4059]

If I'm her, heads will be rolling. Believe that.

[@mitababii]

@@danzena4059 facts I’ll be sitting out waiting for them they asses will go missing 😭🤣🤷🏾‍♀️

[@patriciamuench4157]

BS they better change that stupid law

[@HR18990]

New York, you better pass this soon since this problem with squatters is only going to get worse!!!!

[@charliej766]

We need the names of all those opposing this measure plastered across billboards in large print!! It shouldn’t be easier to steal a man’s home than his wallet. This is insane!

[@popeye7815]

And their addresses to help squatters and Illegals find their Homes...

[@nybiggs]

I have to think this is all due to the failure of legislature to realize how slow the court system is So much of the NYC legislature is based around the idea of 30 days. Correct within 30 days any infractions garnered or face massive civil penalties. But the bueracracy to get anything done in NYC makes it impossible to get anything done in 30 days. I have no problem giving strong tenant protections if the courts were speedy and allowed landlords the ability to get the obviously guilty ones out in a couple of months. Squatters for example are 100% obvious outcome cases. The squatter will eventually have to leave. But instead of 2 months, they can stay there rent free for 2 years. Waiting months between each hearing, and allowing people to delay again and again for another hearing is a completely broken system. I remember the story a year and a half ago where squatters sat in a home in Brooklyn for years during the pandemic. The owners tried removing them the best they could using the legal system. The city meanwhile slapped them with $370k in civil fines for all the violations on the property caused by the squatters! The amount of injustice is unbelievable.

[@YellowPaint100]

The original law was designed to protect ppl with a "legitimate" lease, not a fraudulent lease. There's the letter of the law & the spirit of the law. So why can't judges exercise common sense to fix this? These types of squatters were never legitimate tenants & are therefore trespassing. If that "tenant" has no history with the homeowner or previous recent owner, their lease is fraudulent. Why isn't this common sense? We don't need new laws to enforce the current ones do we? Geez Louise!!!!

[@ontheroad5555]

The cops who show up won't take time to differentiate a fake lease from a genuine lease. That's where the court comes in which means free rent and a waste of time.

[@Neokvash]

So you can be a homeowner and continue paying the mortgage and utilities, but you're gonna tell me a squatter has the right to claim the house for free ???? Maddening and ridiculous

[@JohnPublic-dk7zd]

Every jurisdiction in the country needs to put a hard fix on this business...no doubt in my mind some localities will resolve the problem violently if not fixed...

[@lc11214]

This should be a statewide law in New York. Squatters shouldn’t have rights at the first place.

[@chavvy9074]

CLEARLY pople don’t know history and why squatter’s rights arose in the first place. Long story short in medieval Europe when people were serfs, someone would own the land and never use it so when peasants would live there for a long time they got “adverse possession”. So basically after this concept has existed for 800 years, serfs (that’s you) are arguing that the rich people should have all the land, and then when Bill Gates and Blackrock own the whole country and they can’t own houses they’re gonna complain. Give it 25 years. Or maybe not cus clearly the only people who would support this are boomers, and they’ll all be gone by then and millennials and Gen Z will all be without houses, cus Boomers are stupid.

[@user-qd3nl6lb6c]

Squatter laws need to implement throughout the country. Absolutely criminal activity needs to be treated as it is, criminal.

[@lorensoth4365]

There is a difference between a renter and a squatter. Many break into homes and put up shop, some even steal places. It's ridiculous that victims have to loose thousands of dollars and time.

[@chavvy9074]

You can’t “steal” a place.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Squatting isn't stealing.....it's just borrowing without permission for a very long time. How long have you been squatting?

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 He's just mad because his "free" ride might be over soon and then he will have to actually work for a living.

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Your comment (just in case you delete it): idk grandpa, it seems like you’re jealous that I used the law to my benefit to get a free house or something, maybe do more homework. So you admit to being a squatter. What a piece of feces you are! It's about time you admitted the truth.

[@stephenriggs8177]

If a property is actually "abandoned," it should go to a government entity (the state, city or county), which then determines what to do with the property.

[@lzeng78]

We need this law in California

[@aphaomega0098]

Squatters who claim to be tennants should be obliged to provide a copy of a lease and rental agreement. If they don't they should be arrest for false official statement.

[@ontheroad5555]

They provide fake leases. The police are not going to take time to figure out what is real or fake.

[@someytchannel.9046]

Finally!!!! a glimmer of hope for homeowners in NYC

[@thetrainwreck1469]

Not sure why squatters had rights to begin with? It’s trespassing.

[@jasonapril9759]

MY FELLOW AMERICANS!! YALL NEED TO VOTE AND PASS THAT LAW WITH ALL OF YOUR VOICES!!!

[@marycasanova8905]

It's not against squatters having rights. It's about preserving property rights.

[@tamarockstar09]

The entire USA should have a law that if moves into a home without permission can be arrested. If the home is vacant and the owner did not authorize the rental agreement or sale of the home. Those people should not have the rights a tenant does. Especially since they don’t pay rent or utilities

[@shwah8299]

We have laws. The problem is proving they are there illegally through the eviction process. This is all a trick to strip renters of rights and make instant evictions without due process a thing.

[@ravenralph123]

How the fuck and that's insane squatters have more rights than the owners? In our country you'll only be a tenant if you have signed in a contract with the owner, so it's so easy to evict people here either by the owner or the police if needed.

[@julietvincent6781]

This should be a law in all STATES it really getting out of hand with these squatters.

[@johnnynick6179]

Part of the problem is reporters like this clown who consistently refer to "greedy landlords". A person who rents their property to others for money is NOT greedy. They are providing a desperately needed service and deserve the compensation they receive for use of their property.

[@fredmonroe6042]

It very much needs to be a federal law. We are facing a swarm of squatters in the millions.

[@user-zs3ov5yr2d]

F all the people who believe squatters have more rights then the actual owners

[@jaymay5815]

Yup. Every single one of them.

[@Baheieujlsksnen]

This should be federal

[@davidpawson9047]

Police were called out to investigate a break-in, criminal trespass, or unlawful occupation. Intentionally misleading law enforcement officials by providing false statements or reports, especially with the aim of deceit, is, at the least, a misdemeanor. Once these criminals are shown to have had no right to possession and are removed, why are they not charged with impeding an official investigation, as well as theft? There are probably dozens of charges that could be applied. Destruction of property, receipt of stolen goods .... How about falsification of government documents, through claiming this as their address on driver's license, tax returns, welfare benefits?

[@lucas.veintimilla]

Squatters should not have rights PERIOD! I just got a squatter out of my million dollar apt after 5 months! This law was passed in Florida so PLEASE let this ban the law in NYC!

[@dfelt1583]

They are not tenants. They are thieves.

[@seanhoward4370]

This bill should be getting traction on the Federal level, now that migrants know the loopholes to squatting in empty houses. Unbelievable how this is legal.

[@SupHapCak]

I challenge you to tell us exactly what’s wrong with this. You own a deed to a home, you decide who stays in it, no ifs ands or buts.

[@cj20080]

I'd love to see who the opponents of this are.

[@cessna172ident]

Joe Biden, DNC, squad, Democratic Socialists of America, and many left leaning groups.

[@Janotes]

Registered Democrats

[@chavvy9074]

Anyone who knows the history of squatters’ rights??

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 why would you know the history of squatters rights, are you one?

[@CrainialCommando]

@@chavvy9074 Could you explain why you seem to think squatting is fair?

[@RB8Gem9]

This is necessary, but it's also not enough. Tenant laws are extremely lopsided and unfair to owners and we all know this. If I own a property, no judge should be able to tell me that I have to allow anyone to remain on my property for free for any period of time. The squatter problem is a result of silly laws such as this.

[@jadan2000]

Florida just passed a bill to kill squatter rights. if they can do it, NY damn sure needs to get ahead of this.

[@flyinglibrarian99]

Illegal squatters (scammers) have abused this privilege. If a building or house is abandoned, no electricity or utilities, decent squatters have made the place livable according to law - and it’s usually years before they can claim ownership, in some states up to 30 years. But 30 days??? That’s insane. I’m glad the laws are finally protecting homeowners instead of the scammers.

[@rhodium69]

This is why the 2nd amendment and large aggressive dogs to protect your property.

[@reemagee4828]

If you change the locks you get arrested so what do you think will happen if you draw a weapon?

[@morrismonet3554]

@@reemagee4828 Nothing. I own a backhoe. LOL

[@nuhrii3449]

@@reemagee4828 nothing, its my house, theres a trespasser, its self defense, new york has castle doctrine, dead people cannot speak

[@danf1862]

In an effort to become an edgelord, you just set yourself up for murder 1.

[@lenchenes]

Agreeeee

[@einsteinalb75]

They wouldn't try that sh@@ here in Texas. We have Castle Doctrine

[@kricket3815]

It's about time to take their rights away. If they claim to be a tenant and the landlord says they're not then they need to be arrested.

[@louispeddiltton47]

If someone breaks into your home, that is trespassing and breaking and entering. I find this hard to believe.

[@Patrickstarrrrr69]

Squatters are trespassers and thieves. The fact that this is even an issue is absolutely asinine

[@yvonnelee5669]

Why always assume landlords are greedy?

[@NoIDontActuallyLiveInSeattle]

Because there’s literally history of landlords being greedy? Especially corporate ones.

[@johnjohnsonsvideoarchive6883]

Are you a landlord Yvonne?

[@KayFabe87]

Landlords provide the housing that everyone is crying is in short supply. This nonsense will prevent people from taking the risk of renting out their properties, reducing supply even further, and raising rents even higher.

[@NoIDontActuallyLiveInSeattle]

@@KayFabe87 Don’t act like landlords are this benevolent group of people who own land and are alleviating housing woes by providing places to rent. They’re in it for the money, period. Especially now with a lot of corporations owning 1 out of 9 homes and literally being caught jacking up rents unnecessarily to maximize their profits. They’re pricing people out of homes and buying up places that people could’ve bought for themselves. Nah, we are not sipping the punch on this

[@aronean]

@@NoIDontActuallyLiveInSeattle”people do things for money and that’s bad!” Shit don’t tell my boss but I’m only working because of money

[@magallanthepenguin9132]

First i was mad at the squatter, then turned my anger to the police. Then someone told me, the police didnt want to get sued by squatter. Then i turned to politicians. Why the hell did you make this law.

[@familybialousow]

Imagine paying for a car, and someone then using it against your permission, and law enforcement cannot do anything about it. I see no difference in regards to home and squatters. What right they have if they do not pay for the property?

[@roninthedestroyer8958]

The cops were in the wrong the guy had no proof of renting the house.. He left the house and then kicked the door in. The 30 day rule is only if the person is living in your house while you live there. A lot of squatters show fake leases and the police can't do anything other than refer them to the DA office to prove that the lease is fake. But they just allow people to move into empty houses. And we have seen people go on vacation come home and someone moved into their house. They have to evict them to be able to live in their own house. NEWCOMERS are going to catch on and people will come home from work and find someone else living there.

[@s.r6331]

It's crazy someone can claim they live here w.o any proof n get away w it

[@anastasia10017]

They are already on Tiktok giving instructions on how to take over other people's houses. the other thing about squatters is that the law allows them to make a legal claim of ownership of your property, which means they are no longer trespassers, and if they can drag the legal battle out long enough while living there, they will legally 100% own your property.

[@roninthedestroyer8958]

@@anastasia10017 ridiculous I would advise to utilize a house alarm that contacts the police. I love to see how they convince the police that they have a lease and just rented the house. I have seen stories of people going out for the day and come back and the locks are changed. There are people living in the house. The police tell the owner sorry you have to take them to court. Meanwhile you can see the photos of the woman who owns the house still up. So a couple of days later when that person left the house. The owner and neighbors broke in removed the squatter stuff. They changed the locks and did the same thing to the squatter. And the cops told the squatters the same thing go to court.

[@eyestoenvy]

If there is a state institution on cars, drivers licenses, auto insurance, etc (DMV) then why not have one for homes and rental properties too? Why can't police arrive on scene when call, punch up the home's address in their computers and see who the owner is and or if they are renting it or any units, and to whom? Buying a home or moving? You have 30 days to register as the new owner or tenant with proof on hand, or risks continuous fines until you do. The police should be able to verify ownership, residency, and trespassing on the spot. And then the courts can get involved later to render punishment and or resolve any disputes. Just saying.

[@nuhrii3449]

because that would be smart

[@pennyschuerch2806]

Anytime you break into a house for a roof over your head, and go years without paying rent and utilities, that’s how long you should be in jail for. They’ll think twice of doing it again, maybe. Don’t try and take what is not yours. Something people should have learned at the age of 5.

[@mrs.h4484]

This as one property owner was murdered by squatters, another owner arrested for trying to get squatters out of her property. Why isn't every state doing this?

[@user-tr8fs7lm8r]

Homeless activists will simply sue to have it overturned.

[@xr2863]

Let them sue. Law abiding people show flood their reps with calls to fight them tooth and nail! Peoples' hard earned property is nobody's free shelter!

[@GD825]

@@xr2863 sue the activists for aidiing criminal activity and sue their groups out of business -- who is funding them anyway? nobody agreed to pay taxes for a "squatters rights group" to exist.. out of state groups/national groups have no rights to step into local politics.. u dont live here, you dont pay our taxes, u get no say in what laws we pass

[@dominicperez3777]

After seeing Actual Justice Warrior's video on the matter it's about dang time that there was, but also the local politicians that represent that area need to be contacted and demand that they be against squatters' rights for good after this situation. Grace Meng represents that area which is NY District 6.

[@h_3_x_]

He's absolutely stupid There are 16 million vacant homes and 300,000 homeless we have than enough of homes for people. Yet they raise the rent and lock u up if u don't follow their rules. Why do u side with the rich so much?

[@sxybasturd]

I had that , he paid 1 month rent . Then brought in a pit bull . Sat around for a year , went to court . When he left destroyed property .

[@FakeReal007]

Unfortunately That’s just a deadbeat tenant, this bill wouldn’t have helped your case.

[@gallynuts]

That pitbull would have been eating rat poison for sure.

[@johnjohnsonsvideoarchive6883]

​@@gallynutsFuck with the guy doing the shitty thing, don't hurt the innocent animal in the crossfire. That's too far.

[@bsgvlog5640]

terrible terrible......

[@charliej766]

I hate hearing stories like this. Glad he’s out. Hopefully you’ve had better luck with other tenants.

[@frankm7707]

It’s taking all these years for the government to react. What a joke!

[@dianarockwell6256]

I don’t know what law changed to allow squatters to have rights in this country, but traditionally in historically attendant, is someone who has a verbal or a written agreement to use said space and they pay for the right to use it. That is what makes them a tenant. Moving in and not paying rent does not make them a tenant. It makes them a thief. They are using space someone else owns without paying for it, or even agreeing to live or use subspace. It goes against every business practice this country has devised to allow squatters to have rights, just because they inhabit a space. What is to stop any tenant from not paying rent and telling the landlord well I have rights. What rights do you have without document or a verbal conversation and the exchange of money. Core business principles. I’ve been a landlord where people did not pay rent. I could evict them in three days for nonpayment. Why does squatters have more rights than the people owning the property? A woman was just arrested after inheriting a home that was worth $1 million that had squatters in it. She wasn’t the squatter, she was the owner and she was arrested. How does this make any sense?

[@patbluetree4636]

That they have any to begin with is just asinine.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

About freaking time!!

[@Gocubsgo1958]

The federal goverment has to make the law that squatters can not go in a house that is not theirs..they should pass a law in Washington that squatters get arrested immediately and go to jail for at least 10 years

[@Webbit]

If anyone to wants to be re elected as Governor it would behoove them to change this law. How hard is it to make a law that says you must have a signed lease with the owner and stamped by a notary public otherwise you are a squatter or trespassing. Squatters should have to at a fine of up to $5,000 or more depending on damages and how much the owner has been affected. It’s not hard they just need to do it. Bottom line no lease signed by owner and stamped by notary, you must vacate.

[@kyungshim6483]

Squatter advocates? What? This world is upside down.

[@sltho]

What the 🦆 is a squatters advocate group

[@BC-vt2nv]

Libtards

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

I really dont get the US. If a person/company is renting there is always a lease. Which is a legal document. No legal document, no rights. This is actually an easy fix. Its called depending on where you live, if you are going to rent something out, you give a copy with your local city, district, country etc a copy of that lease. We have to file permits all the time, even to build a shed, so why not give a copy of rent lease for the property. Taking to court etc cuase more problems, as its lengthy and during that time those squatters are going to ruin and tear that house up.

[@RUdigitized]

There needs to be a felony charge for squatting on someone’s private home.

[@kiefermomcm-c3856]

Super good news for today❤

[@anastasia10017]

The migrants are already on Tiktok giving instructions on how to take over other people's houses. the other thing about squatters is that the law allows them to make a legal claim of ownership of your property, which means they are no longer trespassers, and if they can drag the legal battle out long enough while living there, they will legally 100% own your property.

[@chavvy9074]

Here’s a hint, don’t leave a house vacant.

[@anastasia10017]

@@chavvy9074 you've never slept over at someone's house or gone away for the weekend ?

[@chavvy9074]

@@anastasia10017 **rubs temples** how long do you think it takes to become a “squatter”? Adverse possession laws don’t kick in until like at least 10 years bro.

[@chavvy9074]

@@anastasia10017 unoccupied is not VACANT.

[@anastasia10017]

@@chavvy9074 squat rights kick in after 30 days. All they need to do is have their cell phone bill mailed to that address as proof of residency. The illegal migrants on Tiktok and IG are giving instructions on how to take over houses. They can do "repairs" to the house to strengthen their claim and drag and derail the legal process out for years and years until they can claim the property as theirs. Just a normal boring squatter case takes about 2-3 years to go through civil court to get the squatters out and there are no consequences for the squatters. The squatters know they have you over a barrel and that it is costing you money and they will leave if you pay them big bucks. So you are left with pay lawyers big bucks to get the squatters out or pay the squatters big bucks to get them to leave. And there are no consequences for the squatters - they just move to the next house and repeat the scenario. A woman here has squatters in her house, using her furniture and subletting out rooms and she changed the locks on the house and she is the one handcuffed and arrested by the cops. Another couple here bought a house and the squatters moved in before they could even move in and now it has been over a year of legal fees and they still can't get rid of them.