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Urban areas in the Philippines such as Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao have large informal settlements. The Philippine Statistics Authority defines a squatter, or alternatively "informal dwellers", as "One who settles on the land of another without title or right or without the owner's consent whether in urban or rural areas". [1]
In the Philippines, residents of slum areas are commonly referred to as "squatters" and have historically been subject to relocation or forced demolition. With a steadily growing metropolitan area, Metro Manila is subject to a densifying population of slum dwellers—a 2014 article states that Manila has an estimated 4 million people living in ...
A string of high-profile squatter cases have pushed multiple states to pass legislation to protect homeowners this year. Get off my lawn! 5 times squatters took advantage of unwitting homeowners ...
The number of cases involving homeowners dragging squatters to court has seen an uptick in Georgia in recent years. In 2017, the number of such cases taken to court in Georgia was only three. This ...
Some possess two- or three-story homes built out of brick and concrete which they have inhabited for years. Geeta Nagar is a squatter village based beside the Indian Navy compound at Colaba. Squatter Colony in Malad East has existed since 1962, and now, people living there pay a rent to the city council of 100 rupees a month.
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 ...
Stories of squatters are increasingly capturing headlines across the U.S. Many homeowners are finding that the process of protecting their properties from unauthorized occupants is significantly ...
Technically, “squatters’ rights” do not exist—no law purports to intentionally protect squatters, and property owners (theoretically) have a constitutionally protected right to exclude ...