Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill eliminating squatters’ rights in the state
@NewsWire_US Why would they have rights to begin with?
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US Imagine a family of 4 are renting a house and the owner dies, leaving it to her son. He demands they all be gone in 2 days, and 3 days later, calls the police on the “squatters”. Do we need more examples?
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US They shouldn't, but in liberal states like NY and CA, they have more rights than the homeowner.
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US Because we have slowly been infested with British monarchy laws that take away private property rights
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US Laws havent been updated
Many U.S. laws go back to British Common law and to 18th and 19th-century issues that are no longer of much concern. Land should be used/useful is a good principle, and squatting can be seen as maximizing use value for something that isn’t in use—as was the case for land or buildings sitting idle, say on a corner of a huge estate held by a remote landowner. There are also some very abusive landlords out there. But obviously this isn’t the case here and common sense laws should prevail. Property rights and a timely access to your property are vital elements to democracy and economic efficiency.
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US As I understand it the original purpose with those laws was to regulate rights for leesers/tenants/renters vs their landlord and formalize the process by which a landlord evicts people The "squatter movement" seems to be abusing laws that never were meant to be used this way
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US I’m going to demand you get evicted from the house you’re in because you’re a squatter and it’s my house. Here, look at this deed I forged. I want you gone in an hour. You can sue me if you don’t like it. Etc etc
@CALord1776 @NewsWire_US Comes from English land law, which was (effectively) “use it or lose it”. A squatter acquired a freehold when he took (adverse) possession. If the previous owner didn’t notice, then his title became barred after (most recently) 12 years. More recently “squatters rights” …