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You can tell that squatting is a problem. In New York, if you live in a house for 30 days, you’re considered a tenant. When a homeowner kicked out the squatters in her mother’s home and changed the locks, the police arrested her. If you call to have the utilities shut off, they’ll refuse; New York law obligates you to pay the utility bills for the people occupying your home.

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Not long after word got out, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill eliminating squatters’ rights in the state.

Someone in the replies said this story aired 10 years ago; who knows where she is now? A Fox News reporter spoke with a squatter in Detroit who doesn’t care that the owner wants their house back.

New York indulges this. The law gives the squatters more rights than the owner.

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We’re not sure what squatters’ rights are in Michigan, but she says she’s been there a month and a half, so if it’s anything like New York, she’s now a legal tenant.

One TikToker recently TikToker went viral after telling illegal immigrants how to “invade” homes in America thanks to progressive squatting laws, and that he knew of seven Africans who’d taken over people’s homes.

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