Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law squashing squatters' rights

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law squashing squatters' rights


Squatters beware. Florida’s latest law makes it easier to remove those illegally staying on private property. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 621 into law Wednesday, eliminating squatters’ rights in the state. “We are putting an end to the squatters scam in Florida,” DeSantis said. “While other states are siding with the squatters, we are…

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  1. Dumbest law ever all you gone end up with is more abandoned buildings and slum lords next door to you places to kidnap and leave dead bodies dumb dumb dumb he will never be President 😅

  2. This is great because I own rental houses and several times when I have listed them someone turned around and reposted my rental at a cheaper rate and one time they took money from a young couple. I find the Hispanic man that was doing it he lived in New Port Richey using an older women's identification posing as her. I was told the only thing I could do was report it to the FBI at the time and we all know they do/did nothing. We all need to be on high alert with all of these illegals roaming around.

  3. Should be a federal law as well. It would be awesome if ICE shows up in a Bear-Kat if there's more than one and backed up by the National Guard. I'm writing my representatives to introduce a Federal law to back up states that have passed this law. Law enforcement needs to work together. I believe this will slow and possibly stop illegal immigration.

  4. This is ridicules why is this a thing?? I pay for something it is mine why does someone have a "right" to steal it? This is nothing more than a replacement game they want to get rid of us.

  5. Doesn't make any kind of sense. Squatters do not have rights. That's stupid. Why were "No Trespassing" signs created. The owners should be safe if they have those signs posted up. I swear common sense has left America

  6. I have mixed feeelings about this.

    If the owner abandons the property, finders keepers rule should apply.

    No owner should be allowed to abandon or leave the property unattended.

    Once the owner abandons the property, they need to lose ownership.

    No property should be left unattended.

    If the owner doesn't want to use the property, then the owner has the obligation to rent or sell or lend the property so that someone else can use the property.

    Or the owner should ask family or friends or neighbors to take care of the property.

    It is really socially unacceptable that a property is left vacant when so many people have no place to live.

    A squatter should be allowed to take possession of a property if nobody claims it after a certain period of time.

    The owner has the obligation to take care of one's own possessions.

    Even if the owner is paying taxes, it doesn't mean that the government has the obligation to take care of the owner's possessions.

    The whole point is that the owner should not leave the property unattended.

    It is very disturbing to have laws that protect rich people and punish poor people.

    A squatter is a homeless person that goes into an apparently abandoned property.

    That in itself is not a crime.

    I agree that squatters are not tenants and should not be treated as tenants. Squatters should not have the same rights as tenants. And the law should be changed to reflect that.

    But at the same time we have to think about who is responsible for this situation. The responsibility goes to the property owner. It doesn't matter what the law says, as long as the owner abandons the property, there will be squatters. Squatters will not disappear simply because you changed the law.

  7. So I guess that lady that got arrested for changing her locks because of squatters is getting a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD… RIGHT…WHERE WERE HER RIGHTS WHE YOU ARRESTED THE HOME OWNER AND HAULED HER OFF..AND LEFT THE SQUATTERS IN HER HOME!!!!

  8. Get out that looser from the office,who is eating from taxpayers pocket.And his face became already as a fool moon.😂More over he is not noticed in helping people,kids with cancer.Only he is thinking about his money and his ego.

  9. Where I grew up, you wouldn’t even need to call the police it would be over with within five minutes of finding somebody squatting on your property and that would be the end of it right then right there the end so go ahead and try it I dare you, you filthy POS