In most cases the squatters claim they rent the place, and the cops tell the owner ''well this looks like a civil dispute! Nothing we can do!''
And then they have to start a potentially years-long eviction procedure during which the squatters will destroy the place as revenge. And the owner will never be able to get compensated for the damages, unpaied rent, legal fees, time and stress, because the squatters will never pay.
This went too far. The only effective fix to this is that an owner can get the police to expell squatters who cannot prove they rent the place within 48 hours. Georgia upgrades the charges to felony if the squatters provided obviously fake documents.
And evict anyone with a 30 days notice if the owner wants them out, after which either the cops forcefull remove them or the tresspassers get lawfully shot ( because otherwise you will have entire scam schemes of fake rent papers with squatters claiming to be ''victims'' of the renting company to throw things back into an endless civil dispute ).
Enough. Owners need to have control over their property back.
For the unintended consequences of potential mega-corporations or individual billionnaires hoarding property making individuals unable to have their own house, put large extra taxes starting at 3 residential properties with exponential growth.
And ban foreingers or dual citizens from owning more than one residential property.
Would squatting be under property crimes?
In most cases the squatters claim they rent the place, and the cops tell the owner ''well this looks like a civil dispute! Nothing we can do!''
And then they have to start a potentially years-long eviction procedure during which the squatters will destroy the place as revenge. And the owner will never be able to get compensated for the damages, unpaied rent, legal fees, time and stress, because the squatters will never pay.
This went too far. The only effective fix to this is that an owner can get the police to expell squatters who cannot prove they rent the place within 48 hours. Georgia upgrades the charges to felony if the squatters provided obviously fake documents.
And evict anyone with a 30 days notice if the owner wants them out, after which either the cops forcefull remove them or the tresspassers get lawfully shot ( because otherwise you will have entire scam schemes of fake rent papers with squatters claiming to be ''victims'' of the renting company to throw things back into an endless civil dispute ).
Enough. Owners need to have control over their property back.
For the unintended consequences of potential mega-corporations or individual billionnaires hoarding property making individuals unable to have their own house, put large extra taxes starting at 3 residential properties with exponential growth.
And ban foreingers or dual citizens from owning more than one residential property.
if we can't outright ban a foreigner from owning property it should cost at least double for them.
Squatting is rarely charged and only a misdemeanor in some states. Usually it’s just a civil charge which is why it takes so long for any progress.
I was gonna say what's this ridiculousness about crime? Nonpaying tenants have rights under the law. It's the LL committing a crime by raising rent.
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