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It sounds like this problem exists even if it's your only home and you live there full time. Go out for the day, come home, and the kind of person they intervie

It sounds like this problem exists even if it's your only home and you live there full time. Go out for the day, come home, and the kind of person they interview could have broken in, changed the locks, and there's nothing the law will do about it for years.

geofft 5y ago
That sounds theoretically possible, but it doesn't happen in practice, does it? (Which means that something is missing from this model of how squatters work.) Most of us leave our homes for the day to go to work and come back (or did, before 2020, at least). I don't know of a single case of someone returning home to find a squatter.
- willcipriano 5y ago
  Breaking and entering is one thing but this sort of thing happens with roommates and house guests all the time. First hit on Google reveals: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first-week-after-squatters-return/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first... you can find plenty more. There have been cases were someone who was invited to spend the night has lived for weeks to months at a property without permission.
selimthegrim 5y ago
I hear this was a problem in Gaddafi’s Libya
bsanr2 5y ago
One of the okupa they interviewed says that they purposely target corporate-owned, vacant properties. Slippery slope, sure, but kicking people out of homes they live in doesn't seem to be the goal as of yet.
tecleandor 5y ago
In this case, in Spain, squatters can be immediately taken out of the property. Spain distinguishes between: 'usurpación': That's what usually is called 'okupación' and refers to invading a building/house/flat which is NOT currently serving as a home for somebody. 'allanamiento': When you invade a place which IS a home. i.e.: while in your office, in vacation, shopping, or even when you're inside. The case you're talking would be the second one, and in that case, the police could act and vacant the invader immediately. Some info if anybody wanna translate: https://red-juridica.com/diferencia-allanamiento-okupacion/ https://red-juridica.com/diferencia-allanamiento-okupacion/

geofft 5y ago

That sounds theoretically possible, but it doesn't happen in practice, does it? (Which means that something is missing from this model of how squatters work.) Most of us leave our homes for the day to go to work and come back (or did, before 2020, at least). I don't know of a single case of someone returning home to find a squatter.

willcipriano 5y ago
Breaking and entering is one thing but this sort of thing happens with roommates and house guests all the time. First hit on Google reveals: https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first-week-after-squatters-return/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first... you can find plenty more. There have been cases were someone who was invited to spend the night has lived for weeks to months at a property without permission.

selimthegrim 5y ago

I hear this was a problem in Gaddafi’s Libya

bsanr2 5y ago

One of the okupa they interviewed says that they purposely target corporate-owned, vacant properties. Slippery slope, sure, but kicking people out of homes they live in doesn't seem to be the goal as of yet.

tecleandor 5y ago

In this case, in Spain, squatters can be immediately taken out of the property. Spain distinguishes between: 'usurpación': That's what usually is called 'okupación' and refers to invading a building/house/flat which is NOT currently serving as a home for somebody. 'allanamiento': When you invade a place which IS a home. i.e.: while in your office, in vacation, shopping, or even when you're inside. The case you're talking would be the second one, and in that case, the police could act and vacant the invader immediately. Some info if anybody wanna translate: https://red-juridica.com/diferencia-allanamiento-okupacion/ https://red-juridica.com/diferencia-allanamiento-okupacion/