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This is not a coincidence or a “rare practice,” and certainly not something that “conservatives jumped on.” The recent spate of incidents involving squatters are part of a concerted effort to violate property rights. That includes the death in March of a New York woman who was allegedly murdered and dismembered by teenagers squatting in her late mother’s apartment.
Squashing is when people use fraudulent legal authority to claim rights to someone else’s property (most often vacant property). Each state has laws that not only prohibit trespassing, but also protect tenants. Progressives have begun abusing tenant protections to promote squatting.
They aren’t even hiding it. For example, American Democratic Socialists say they want to repeal laws that “criminalize squatting and other productive occupation of unused housing.” After all, as Karl Marx pointed out, “The theory of communism can be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”
Squatters in the United States: A history of illegal occupation of buildings and land dating back to before World War II
So it’s not really surprising that ultra-advanced New York City has changed its rules to strengthen these protections and extend them to squatters as well. In New York State, residents can claim ownership after occupying a home for 10 years. This is not unusual. Each state has adverse possession laws that help keep property records clean.
A group of eight illegal immigrants were found squatting in a Bronx apartment and are facing firearms and other charges. (WNYW)
However, according to Newsweek magazine, in New York City, “squatters cannot be easily evicted from a property if they have lived there for 30 days. In that case, the landlord must comply with the city’s eviction laws. In order for the squatters to be evicted, they must enter into a process that can take approximately two years to complete. The owner cannot change the locks on the property or remove the squatter’s belongings until the process is finished. ”
This has resulted in numerous conflicts that have not gone well for law-abiding property owners, including the murder case already mentioned.
- Adele Andaloro was arrested in March for changing the locks on her home in Flushing, Queens. A local television station filmed her entering her home and confronting the squatters. However, when the police were called, it was Adele who was sent to prison.
- Real estate broker Ejona Baldi Shati discovered a squatter at the Queen property she manages, a property she had just leased to an actual tenant. They claim they were legally living in that nearly $1 million home and are now submitting receipts from Shake Shack as “evidence” of their legal occupancy to the broker. and is suing his owner.
- Eight illegal immigrants were found squatting in a Bronx apartment last week and arrested, but not on charges of trespassing or trespassing. Instead, they were found in possession of guns and drugs. However, the six were soon released without bail.
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- And, according to the New York Post, residents of Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights neighborhood experienced a “reign of terror.” A group of squatters “wreaked havoc on a Brooklyn block for months, stealing and threatening neighbors before burning down the house last November.”
Lawmakers are responding. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law allowing the immediate eviction of squatters.
Adele Andaloro was arrested in March for changing the locks on her home in Flushing, Queens. A local television station filmed her entering her home and confronting the squatters. However, when the police were called, it was Adele who was sent to prison.
“If you are a victim of squatting, all you have to do is fill out a form and submit it to your local sheriff, and the sheriff will remove the people who are illegally living in your home,” DeSantis said at the signing ceremony. They will be instructed to leave.”
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Other states are considering similar reforms. Meanwhile, the Biden administration calls the issue a “regional issue” and says officials must “take action.” But when asked if he would support legislation like Florida’s new law, a White House spokesperson declined to say.
But let’s not miss the forest for the trees here. At issue is a fundamental dispute over the nature of property rights. But as you know, “property rights are human rights.”
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