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Technically, “squatters’ rights” do not exist—no law purports to intentionally protect squatters, and property owners (theoretically) have a constitutionally protected right to exclude ...
The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed a lawsuit that blames an engineering company for not warning the building was structurally unsound ...
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In New York City, the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) was at the forefront of a homesteading movement in the 1970s and 1980s. [46] Despite squatting being illegal, artists began to occupy buildings, and European squatters coming to New York brought ideas for cooperative living, such as bars, support between squats, and tool exchange ...
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 ...
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Squatters claiming tenant rights have also been in the news lately after police in New York arrested a woman for changing the locks on her property to keep out alleged squatters living there.
If a squatter can prove they have been living in a place for a certain amount of time (in New York City, it’s 30 days), then the owner must go through a civil eviction process rather than have ...