Florida lawmakers pass bill to revoke squatters' rights, protect property owners 

Good luck in blue states.

Sadly, it’s going to take the Blue states a lot longer to catch onto the effectiveness of anti-squatter legislation. It’s no wonder that people from New York continue moving to Florida.

Yeah.... Floriduh is a real trailblazer. There is solid logic why EVERY fucking state has statutes on the matter.

That makes too much sense for New York. A woman in Flushing, Queens just got arrested after she "changed the locks" on her own house to keep squatters out. Well, the squatters returned to her home, busted down the door, called the police, and had the homeowner arrested. New York is so ass-backwards that it is beyond all hope and redemption.

Absolutely.

Absolutely 💯

@@missladyanonymity 🤡 comment

@@ky.gambler5281or an AOC type comment lol

​@@missladyanonymityonly racists see EVERYTHING based on race!

Squatters rights go back to the settling of our country. Unowned or unclaimed land could be claimed if the squatter lived on it for a certain amount of time and either farmer it or raised livestock on it. Far different concept from these squatter low lives. Agree, the laws need to be changed immediately.

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Countries provinces worldwide need to follow Florida with this new legislation

@@stevehoward3049 Only people with money have to have rights!! Acts 2:44

More like 51

No blue state will follow a leading red state

Thank you.

Yes I think after 200 plus years an update to the laws is needed 😂

Please cite the law, the jurisdiction, any any other pertinent info proving there was ever a law anywhere, passed by a legislature, that permitted you to steal another's land? I thought it was case law, decided on the particulars by a judge in a legal proceeding. I'm sure it is state by state and the wording is probably different. It was never anything more than a remedy for situations where there was no intent to deprive anyone of their property. You don't get to steal someone's house because they aren't home.

yeah, same thing goes for the 2nd amendment. the constitution is an outaded rag. similar to the bible. thanks.

@garyb6219 what's wow about? The idea behind? Who's idea? Show the law FROM ANY STATE that gives property rights to trespassers and burglars. There isn't one. These situations came about as stated, somebody builds a house on the frontier and 30 years later somebody shows up with a land grant or documents proving the land belonged to someone else, to remove the "squatter." Judges said no. There are 50 states, the last admitted was Hawaii right? Do property rights come from the fed? No, they come from your state. I'm taking issue with the term "rights" when as far as I knew, that right was only granted by a state courts decision in a matter before the court, usually a lawsuit. I'm not a lawyer and have only taken business law and what I know from polisci and civics classes.

historically, vagrancy and well as trespassing was against the law, and serious, BEFORE the USA even existed. you'd be jailed, or put in stocks and punished. usually this was for passers through; Pilgrims were suspicious of anyone on the move. you didn't do that in those days!

On my property they don’t!

@@user-vx7vi3vq1c High velocity eviction....

@@josephpearlman4010 You don't have any property.

​@@user-vx7vi3vq1c LOL... You don't have any property.

It the same mental illness that makes some people think men can get pregnant. :(

Squatter laws are way older than political parties in the States. This is old pilgrim law.

​@@CHRISTIANNWOThey used to call squatters "Settlers".

@@jackd.ripper9216: this is Florida and the same rights exist in EVERY state.

The colonies and frontier were wild homeowners mysteriously disappear. Scammers take advantage now of people on long vacations.

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Won’t happen. They want the illegals to take over American’s homes.

Yeah.... Floriduh is a real trailblazer. There is solid logic why EVERY fucking state has statutes on the matter.

New York: 🤮

Yes

it already is

The same way an-ker babies are automatically given citizenship. Bad judges.

Agree ....💯

Very stupid, look at men in women sports, the border, all stupid...and so out of touch.

Well, the problem is that they *_claim_* it's theirs (or that they have a valid lease), and when the cops show up, they say "Hey, I have a lease!" and show them a piece of paper they dummied up. The cops don't know who is telling the truth and they end up throwing their hands up and saying "It's a civil matter". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is old common law intended to allow someone to take over abandoned properties and pay taxes on abandoned properties. Cities don't bat an eye because they're getting tax revenue from a property that wasn't generating revenue before.

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Someone should give you guys a history lesson. Unless you are native American, this whole country was founded on squatter rights. History people.

Who thought of swatters rights?

Not ridiculous to Dems

@@shoeshoe5253The Romans

What needs to happen is the Supreme Court needs a total reformation of tenant laws and how they apply to Squatters. Currently in most states, a property must be vacant for 10 years to someone claim Squatters Rights. The reformation should have an addendum, that in order to claim a property you must have lived in that property for 10 years as well.

I believe it was an attempt to protect renters from being summarily kicked out for late rent, but spiraled out of control.

Thats all the democraps care about is destruction of America. They defend all the Criminals and Illegals first before actual innocent Americans !!

@@nickcharles1284horrible attempt.

@@blak3brutus229Just a guess. I don't know the history.

Spread the gospel!!The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Dem states believe in squatters rights. SMH

@@ohwhataday7171 evangelicals will help you . Acts 2-44

Yeah.... Floriduh is a real trailblazer. There is solid logic why EVERY fucking state has statutes on the matter.

Unfortunately, this Florida bill isn’t quite what people think. It still gives squatters rights, but if the squatter is there illegally, then the owner can easily pay. That’s right pay a share to remove the squatter. Florida made it easier to remove the squatter if only if the squatter is there illegally. But again, squatters have rights in Florida to be there, and if you violate squatters right in Florida could be prosecuted by the squatter.

@@Tad-zh4wrYou want to learn how English works?

Preach.

Unfortunately, changes like this only have a chance in Red States.

In California u can squat your life away while the people who pay rent are paying 2000 plus for a box California is the pandering state of the United States 🇺🇸 🇺🇲 😂

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Just don't say gay 😜😜

@@user-kb9rx4vz4othe bill was call parents rights 😂😂😂😂 the fake media call it don’t say gay

Florida leading the way again with common sense policy…

@@nicolemadit3525nice cover bro

@@nicolemadit3525 Then why is it and several other laws getting overturned by federal judges citing 1st Amendment violations? Nice try. Always complaining about “muh rights” while supporting ridiculous garbage like that. You’re more whipped than a high school nerd dating a cheer captain.

@@grateful. It doesnt matter if its empty for 20 years, Its not your property, you have no right to it, you dont belong there.

​@@grateful.The people who bought the property can leave it as long as they want. They have other places to be at their leisure.

​@@grateful.Vacation home or family home.

@@grateful.you’d probably be singing a different tune if this happened to you. I hope it doesn’t but you have to acknowledge it sucks to see people go through it. Count your blessings it hasn’t happened to you.

​@@grateful.Squatter spotted. Jobless criminal 🤡

Yeah spread the gospel of egoism. Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

No ne really ownes their property. Stop paying your taxes and the government will come and take your house. If they sell it for more than you actually owe them, good luck getting a refund for the difference.

It's up to the owner. If decide to exercise their right to enter their property, and if need be defend their life with lethal force while removing an unlawful person they can do so. The thing that is insane to me is people still think the government, namely the police exist to serve us. All governments even democratic ones are intended to control us, and only help us as much as required to legitimize themselves. If you enter YOUR property, and shoot someone in self defense, it isn't a civil suit ESPECIALLY when the other party is departed. It's a potential criminal case, as long as it IS self defense and they didn't have a lease to be there. You CAN throw their property out, you can disconnect the power, water, and physically force the occupiers off of your property. The problem is cities don't like this and will threaten a bunch of BS. But your rights trump their claims as long as the squatter isn't a lawful tenant the city or state can't hold you accountable for what happens as a result of someone else's crime (criminal trespass, assault, etc). But it's dangerous legally and physically, it's expensive to win and in America if the government or a related to the now deceased party bring civil action you have to pay for your own defense. The solution in my mind is simple. Strong property rights for law abiding citizens including the right to simply shoot trespassers if they have been ordered to leave on camera and refuse to do so. But I'm a tad aggressive when it comes to our rights vs the rights of criminals.

Don't buy in blue states simple

@@seastar4194 Sort of a dumb argument really imo.

@@seastar4194 That makes no sense at all.

Yeah.... Floriduh is a real trailblazer. There is solid logic why EVERY fucking state has statutes on the matter.

Hard to believe there has to be a law.

congress should get off their lazy ass and amend the constitution and make sure it is a federal crime for squatters to steal your stuff like they do. I mean think of it a house costs hundreds of thousands of dollars which is already grand theft.

Definitely, I hope other states will soon follow

​@@LightBeing369a lot of states don't allow people to steal your homes. Florida is just far behind.

Same!

Yeah only white Christians with a home. The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Will never happen I Democrat states that's for sure. Landlords property owners havd no right of tenure in Democrat states.

Exactly

My state requires 21 years of occupancy before they can try and take your property. It can take from 3-30 days to evict.

Here in Louisiana, we kept Napoleonic laws allowing one to use violence to defend from threat to one’s self, one’s property, one’s loved ones, and the loved one’s property.

So, if someone breaks into someone's house when they're home, the homeowner can legally shoot them dead, but if you're not there, it's no longer breaking and entering?

It’s ridiculous that a business can call the police and have a person immediately trespassed, but if someone is on a private citizen’s property, there’s nothing they can do and it’s a civil matter.

in this case it is up to the homeowner to do as necessary, law be damned..

Remember, kids, if you break into someone's house, don't leave. Then you can't be charged for B&E and can even live there rent free. Except for in Florida.

Think about it as a delayed by many months arrest. It’s not that it’s legal it’s that the mire of the courts that are the problem.

This country is ridiculous, it's law is going backwards not forward, unbelievable for someone to come and stay and the law can not do anything about it Might as well burn it down and collect your home insurance money

You had friends that did this? I hope “had” is your operative past tense word.

@@georgekisselbrock8937 yes, They are not in my life. I have weeded out a lot of people .

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

You want them to be justified in knowingly causing physical injury to the squatters?

EXACTLY 👍 💯

@thomasseymour5025 What do you think, genius? Have you ever been homeless? If someone takes your home by squatting, you could become homeless. They deserve what they get.

@@thomasseymour5025 Whatever it takes.

Generally the druggies will drag a house down to absolute squalor. The owner having the electricity and water shut off before they even got there. Usually results in the owner bulldozing the home down. I've read stories where the druggies will wait it out thinking they can't do it if they stay inside. Then they hear it coming for them and they run out, like the roaches they are.

It's mostly hell on earth

Yeah, but it will be submerged within twenty years because of climate change.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

When we lived in CA, all we heard was negative things about FL. Now, we absolutely love living in Florida, it's far better than every other state in so many ways.

@@StampedClay just to be clear, i wasnt being sarcastic, i actually believe it. But im not from usa so i actually have never been to florida before. I wish i could import DeSantis to my country tho 😅

Were you directly affected by this or are you just trying to prove you don’t care about others

​​@@user-sr7nv3lz8l It definitely affects people across the nation to see a common sense bill like this pass. Someone who has worked hard to purchase a home should not have to tolerate a tenant that does not pay and is destroying the home.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Insane to allow squatters, ya

Democrats

For common how owners who have a reason to be away from there home for a whole month, I guess i understand but as corportations buy more land and homes, making them unaffordable for the average american, everyone will soon become a renter. With everyone becoming a renter, the moment you are a few days late on rent you have broken your lease and are now deemed a squatter, even if you simply need more time to come up with the money. Now that you are a squatter you will be thrown out of the place you have rented no matter how long you been there and your stuff will be in the streets. Now its easy to say, oh people should just save money, but 50% of americans have less than 1000 dollars in savings because everyone can really only afford to live paycheck to paycheck after rent groceries and transportation. So to answer how did it get to this, the government never for saw that individual americans would own multiple homes and have some of them go vacant for months on end, but the goverment did see that landlords were throwing tenants out after a late rent payment. The real question to ask your is does the governemnt give squatters (homless people) any real choice when compared to living on the streets and having a 3 day time limit on shelters.

Liberals and Democrats.

look at joe biden for the answer, no border, no problem.... whats ours is yours just walk on in

god is the reason there are squatters.

Unless you’re a democrat.

According to the Democrats they do.

​@@austindarrenorcan't have rights if you ain't breathing

@@Menolly1233 😬😆

So why didn't Florida a red state do this years ago.

Many countries have these stupid “rights” unfortunately. It does not make sense.

Believe it or not, it's actually common in other countries as well

Wouldn't have happened before liberal civil rights laws were passed. Back in the 19th century, the squatters would have been booted out on their rear end.

@@timoooo7320 I don't believe this would be common in Asia, in Europe maybe.

It's basically _everywhere except Florida_ currently.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Imagine going home tonight and finding a squatter on your toilet, and you need to hire a lawyer to get him out, and it takes months. Ridiculous.

YES...!

Probably never in democRAT states cuz they suck ass

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

You mean you would like to step on states rights with a Federal mandate ?

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

She shouldnt illegally evict a person

​@@theantiadultThe squatters should've been arrested for even being there

@@theantiadult. You’re definitely not the brightest orange in the tree

@@theantiadult your name says it all.

That's ridiculous! It's legal elsewhere.

Yeah, it all started when they renamed what it is with a sort of de-criminalizing word, squatter. They are illegal trespassers, plain and simple.

Surprised Missouri didn't do this first. The nation's theme song could have been Peter Frampton's, "I want you to SHOW ME the way."

Two of the least intelligent states in the country, led by a guy in white rubber boots.. or a guy that makes Mr. Ed less horse like- he haw Josh holley. WTH.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Many people make fake leases and lease the place to a family. That family didn't do anything wrong but thanks to this law they won't have the chance to prove that in court.

@@BunnyMan-ec4xg prove what? That they didn’t their due diligence and don’t belong where they are living?

Happened to a pretty prominent Air Force officer in DC. Saw it covered by a few news channels

Oh man sorry for your friends. Being crippled sucks, even more so when coming back from service and unsavory characters are occupying their home.

Truckers are on the road for months this happens to truckers too

You being a vet or crippled is irrelevant

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. Dont read the Bible and pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

U think we need more rental properties? If these landlords had to sell the extra houses so actual families can live in them, squatters wouldn't be able to move in.

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. Dont read the Bible and pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

In Florida squatters have rights and if owner violates them the owner can be prosecuted. Squatters have to meet certain qualifications. Last month Florida enacted a new law but again that law only made it easy to evict illegal squatters but did nothing about legal squatters

@@Tad-zh4wrwhat is a legal squatter? To me any squatter is either a trespasser or burglar and needs to be dealt with by appropriate action without any mumbo jumbo law. It’s theft and unauthorized occupancy period.

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Agree, 100%

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. Dont read the Bible and pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

The Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Not only states, countries too.

Radical run, mafia politicians think criminals should get away with everything. Look at Chicago, San Francisco.

Then your going to court and possibly prison

Hire a motorcycle group as your eviction team.

@@FloridaGirl- I actually did this... Scared em right out ...

@@susannpatton2893 Susan, You are a perfect example of why women should not be allowed to vote....

Mines Heckler and Koch 😅

Imagine if someone tried to squat in the White House. How much would Biden follow the local laws? Hypocrites.

This is not addressed in the Constitution, so it’s an issue to each state to decide, per the 10th Amendment.

Yes, good point. People forget the limited role of the federal Constitution. It said how a new federal government was to be created, what it had power to do and jurisdiction over and what it could not do (bill of rights), because people feared an abusive monarchy like what they fled. @@markbelcher2972

But how will the Mafia sustain itself now? If the police can remove them now No one will pay some Dangerous people to do it for Them.

The owner don't live there. The owner is just mad they might actually have to do some work instead of collecting a check for doing nothing.

@@BunnyMan-ec4xg Don't be obtuse.

@@BunnyMan-ec4xg Stop squatting at that house and get back on the streets and get a job.

@@BunnyMan-ec4xgThose scum bags should not be able to go on someone’s else property

Praying?? And dont read the Bible??Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

This should be happening in every country!!

Agree 💯✌️

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. Dont read the Bible and pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Its all about the people you elected to be In office.....rhey passed the bills n laws in your state n community. So ..... Blame them.

This exists in other countries as well.

America is a shithole for real.

While Florida made it easy to remove them, squatters still have rights!! and if owner wrongfully removes a squatter home owner will be prosecuted. Bill: HB 621 “A person wrongfully removed pursuant to this procedure has a cause of action against the owner for three times the fair market rent, damages, costs, and attorney fees. CS/CS/HB 621: Vote: Senate 39-0; House 108-0

@@Tad-zh4wr squatters are criminals.

@@Tad-zh4wr NO THEY DONT that is BULLSHIT.

@@Tad-zh4wr You mean tenants have rights , and even those claiming an oral agreement . Unlawful retention by a transient occupant is what is now defined by the new law. Also a property owners right in expelling unwanted guests .

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. Dont read the Bible and pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Don't get too carried away. This is the 1st thing Florida has done right in a long time. LOL Just kidding, I live in Jersey. We have problems too.

Same here. Thank God.

Amen! Same here! ❤

Thank you I don't 😂

You will be submerged within twenty years because of climate change.

They dragged those trumpers out into the streets! Amarika! 🤣🇺🇸

​@@philpalmer4877I'm guessing it was more like the trumpers doing the dragging out of the Democrat voting free-loaders. Want to put money on it?

Right. Probably Russian too. Only an idiot laughs at his own humor, if you can call it that.@@philpalmer4877

Christians in Florida love Jezus. But are egoists. Jesus despises them. Acts. 44-45. They pray to Baelzebub Trump. Happy Eastern with all your happy faces.

Dem states wont revoke it.

than its not illegal now is it

Liberals thats why

The governor did not draft this legislation… DeSantis hasn’t actually done anything to help Floridians. I used to live down there and moved to northern Wisconsin. It’s colder up here but quality of life if significantly better. Florida wages are terrible and the rent prices are ridiculous. Florida public education is a giant cluster too thanks to him. Also, he’s the reason homeowners insurance skyrocketed. My folks still live down there. This particular piece of legislation is actually good though. The legislature finally did something right for once.

The Governor wasn't involved in the passing of this bill.

@@nooshinscorner gavin newsom is a liberal racist

There is a good reason but the laws often went to far to protect squatters. As I understand it the idea of thoes laws was to allow people to fix and take care of abandoned properties that may have no owner due to any reason such as a death or something. Essentialy it was a way to recycle abandoned property that nobody is using so it’s not in a state of limbo.

Depends on the state but posting a no trespassing sign at the front and back of the home and taking a picture is usually sufficient for to get the police to come over and take them out.

Trespassing is illegally entering a property for a brief period of time with the intention of leaving. Squatting is illegally entering a property with no intention of leaving Squatters rights serve to do two things. First prevent landlords and land owners from taking the law into their own hands while making sure they have no justification for abusing actual tenants. Second it prevents the disuse of property, which is important for housing shortages. If someone can buy up a bunch of property or land and not do anything with it, that’s a problem because that’s land that could be used for housing or other purposes Squatter’s rights also aren’t so easy to obtain, not only does the squatter need to live there for 5-20 years depending on the state, but they have to have continuous possession of the property, they cannot have hostile possession of the property, the squatter must have open possession of the property, actual possession, and Exclusive ownership Basically the squatter needs to be the only person living there, they have to live there and only there for 5-20 years, they cannot have forcefully taken over the property i.e kicked the owner out, threatened them to hand over the property etc, they cannot live there secretly people have to be able to see the squatter and know that they’re living there, the property owner has to have cause for Trespass i.e the squatter is actively living on the property and refusing to leave, finally the squatter has to act as if they own the property meaning the squatter has to pay taxes on the land The majority of squatters aren’t going to meet the requirements and as long as the property owner is actually managing their property by putting up clear no trespassing signs, lights, cameras, doing regular property checks and inspections, squatters and squatter’s rights won’t be an issue The only annoying thing is when a Squatter who clearly doesn’t meet the requirements forces the owner to go through the whole eviction process that squatters are entitled to