French pensioners left 'homeless' by squatters who changed locks to Riviera villa

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-pensioners-left-homeless-squatters-132657312.html

The case of a retired French couple who sold their house to settle into a Riviera villa only to find that it was occupied by a family, leaving them “homeless”, has triggered public outrage and calls to change the country’s squatting laws.

Henri and Marie-Thérèse Kaloustian, both 75, were looking forward to a peaceful retirement by the sea after selling their home in Lyon, southeastern France.

Their intention was to decamp to the holiday home, a pink villa they have owned for the past 36 years in the picturesque village of Théooule-sur-Mer.

But when they arrived late August, they were shocked to discover that an unknown couple with two small children had “moved in” and refused to budge.

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1. Why did you combine the paragraphs from the article?

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2. Ooooooohhhh

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You still managed to include five, homie.

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4. I'm amused that you're so easily amused.

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6. Patterns of socks are funny, my guy

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3. I didn't think single sentences each qualified as paragraphs, but if you like....fixed.

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5. Hahaha

I remember this one!

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7. In this country, a similar legal concept is called Adverse Possession.

But in our case, the squatter must live in an "open and notorious" manner for a term, such as 10 or 20 years without the true owner attempting to evict him/her/them.

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8. More from the Yahoo story...

Snip-"After some detective work, local authorities reportedly discovered that the unidentified occupying family were far from homeless but actually owned a house in the Paris area, which they left after a dispute with neighbours"

snip-"After three weeks’ stalemate, in a last-minute coup de theatre, the squatters on Monday night had reportedly left the premises after having a furious row in which the mother left with the children. The father was arrested for domestic violence.

However, the pensioners’ lawyer warned that a “friend” of the squatter family was still inside the house meaning they were still unable to move in."