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In March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 621, a bill aimed at protecting property rights, offering homeowners solutions to combat squatting and increasing penalties on squatters.
In 2024, Alabama passed legislation to have squatters evicted within 24 hours, face felony charges, and 1–10 years in prison. [58] [59] In common law, through the legally recognized concept of adverse possession, a squatter can become a bona fide owner of property without compensation to the
Back in Florida, where the law previously stated only seven years of adverse possession could help you obtain rights to a property, Jason Friedman, a father of three, was also booted from a home ...
Florida passed a bill this legislative session to end “the squatter scam,” as Gov. Ron DeSantis put it when he signed the measure into law in Orlando. Florida’s not alone in this worry that ...
Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission of its legal owner.
In the 21st century, undocumented migrants can be de facto squatters, tricked into paying rent to criminals posing as the owner, and the state will often evict these squatters. On the other hand, if the squatters are Bahamian nationals, the state will attempt to house them, helping them financially. [ 5 ]
Florida recently passed legislation targeting this problem, instead allowing law enforcement to remove squatters immediately at the request of a property owner. But it’s challenging for law ...
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