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ExciteBike66

(2,640 posts)
6. "Squatters rights" do not exist...
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 10:56 AM
Sep 18

The problem here and elsewhere is that the people claim to be lawful tenants, and the justice system has to determine if that is correct (which takes lots of time).

Can't just have cops throw out tenants on the whim of the landlord, that is exactly what the law is supposed to prevent.

THIS is fucking insane! North Shore Chicago Sep 18 #1
I'll tell you how to deal with these people. If you are there you just happen to notice that the garage door has a flying_wahini Sep 18 #2
That's what the temporary order is intended to prevent. marybourg Sep 18 #5
This involves stupidity, not "squatters" ScratchCat Sep 18 #3
I heard this on a radio show (not talk radio) and it's the best link underpants Sep 18 #8
A Fox network affiliate station produced this story - not Fox News EYESORE 9001 Sep 18 #9
The problem isn't Fox - Ms. Toad Sep 18 #14
This is not a squatters rights situation. The facts are all wrong for a squatter. marybourg Sep 18 #4
"Squatters rights" do not exist... ExciteBike66 Sep 18 #6
Except that these people have no legal right to his garage. intheflow Sep 18 #10
Under the law, the homeowner is a landlord. Ms. Toad Sep 18 #15
So isn't he evicting them now? intheflow Sep 18 #16
The article I read didn't say anything about him initiating a court action to evict them. Ms. Toad Sep 18 #21
That's right. I have a friend who allowed a person Abolishinist Sep 18 #17
Yup. Ms. Toad Sep 18 #23
This guy was renting. He didn't own the home. underpants Sep 18 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Abolishinist Sep 18 #20
It may mean he is in more trouble. Ms. Toad Sep 18 #25
That us absurd. OLDMDDEM Sep 18 #7
I would think a garage is prohibited as any kind of rental unit unless it was renovated chowder66 Sep 18 #11
I was just thinking that myself-- in Michigan a garage wouldn't be approved for habitation, Jack Valentino Sep 18 #27
Why did Spectrum install cable without checking with the property owner first? TheBlackAdder Sep 18 #12
I don't know. The Toma guy was renting with his friends underpants Sep 18 #18
According to the article, Toma was the owner. He did have several roommates as well. Abolishinist Sep 18 #24
As I heard it on the radio he was renting underpants Sep 18 #26
In a red stage !!!!!!!! Trueblue1968 Sep 18 #13
My friend let her adult son stay with her in her house Marthe48 Sep 18 #22
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