It is their residence. That's the semantic difference between residence and ownership. You may reside somewhere without owning it, and vice-versa. Now, breakin

It is their residence. That's the semantic difference between residence and ownership. You may reside somewhere without owning it, and vice-versa. Now, breaking into people's residence is a different matter, and is already highly criminalized. Laws about squatting and tenants rights don't exist in the void without a reason: they are supposed to be a balance between ownership rights and housing rights. Allowing the real estate mafia to make its own law is not exactly a balance...