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Squatter pirates in Florida setting up homes on abandoned boats. Squatters in Florida are increasingly moving into derelict boats dumped along the coast, according to authorities working to clear ...
Adele Andaloro, a 47-year-old homeowner in Queens, New York, captured national attention last month when she was arrested on her own property for changing the locks after squatters had moved in ...
A Georgia homeowner found herself handcuffed and placed behind bars for attempting to move back into her own home. Loletha Hale has been locked in a months-long battle with an alleged squatter ...
Former squatters found that it was hard to maintain the property title over time after deaths or divorces and that banks changed their loan requirements so as to exclude them. [175] [176] In Nicaragua, squatting occurred after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake.
With victory in the American Revolution, the new government considered evicting the squatters from areas that were now federally owned public lands. [3] In 1785, soldiers under General Josiah Harmar were sent into the Ohio country to destroy the crops and burn down the homes of any squatters they found living there. Overall, federal policy was ...
Housing situations involving squatters take a toll on homeowners in more ways than anticipated. While property damage and legal fees can cost homeowners money, the mental health effects can be severe.
A couple's house on Long Island, which went into foreclosure, became the home of squatters once they moved out. A $2.7 million mansion in Fort Worth, Texas, was taken over by squatters last year.
When United Handyman Association founder Flash Shelton found squatters in his mother’s home, the only way he could get rid of them — after local police said they couldn’t help — was to out ...