Posted on 04/27/2024 11:39:36 AM PDT by John Semmens
A trend sweeping America is for people to break into unoccupied homes and resist eviction by claiming "squatter's rights." Some states, notably New York, explicitly facilitate this crime by declaring that a trespasser who can rebuff the owner's efforts to remove him for 30 days qualifies for "tenants rights."
In an effort to ensure that intruders don't inflict these same crimes on Arizona home owners, the legislature passed a bipartisan bill (SB 1129) that would have permitted a homeowner to request law enforcement to immediately remove a squatter from his or her property. This bill was vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D).
In her veto message, Hobbs said "this bill fails to leverage existing legal mechanisms, respect the due process rights of lawful tenants, and minimize unintended consequences such as for victims of domestic violence."
Sponsor of the bill State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Tempe) complained "this bill has absolutely nothing to do with landlord-tenant law and has exemptions for family members and anyone with an agreement to cohabitate. Tenants are people who pay rent. This bill's focus is on ousting persons who break into homes, do not pay rent, and try to claim rights to which they are not entitled."
Hobbs countered, saying "how is a person who moves into an unoccupied house supposed to know it's not theirs for the taking? It is the responsibility of the person who claims to own the property to prove their ownership. Until that is done, why should law enforcement assume that those physically present in the structure have no right to be there? Since the squatters are otherwise homeless why shouldn't they avail themselves of an apparently abandoned dwelling? People wealthy enough to own vacant properties can afford to incur the burden of going through the time and effort to have the court determine who owes what to who?"
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R-Tucson), who is also a realtor encountered a squatter in a property she was showing to a potential buyer, said "when I called the police, I was told there was not much they could do. It's a shame Gov. Hobbs has vetoed yet another piece of commonsense bipartisan legislation."
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The Florida Legislature and Governor DeSantis put a stop to this criminal activity here.
Any state that chooses not to adopt this model WANT’S squatting to continue as far as I’m concerned......the only question is why would that be?
See who PAYS TAXES on the property. Shouldn’t be too hard to find.
To make life more miserable for honest people who pay their taxes and expect protection from thieves, which can lead to violence.
Katie Hobbs is the most evil person in this country, and that is impressive, given the whole host of wicked folk in places of power nationwide. She is at the top of my “list”.
This way, the state has less illegals it has to provide for. Homeowners pick up the cost.
spoken like morally bankrupt ignoramus
reckon any squatters need to be relocated to the governors mansion
she is up there in the top 20
it appears she has No Regard For The Rule of Law
If Hobbs had followed the law as Secretary of State she wouldn’t be the governor now.
She had to illegally suppress the Republican voters in order to save democracy.
she should have recused herself in 2020
but she never did
I am wondering how long it has been since Arizona had an honest election.
I am wondering if McCain Keating Five ever won honestly.
I think stuffing the ballot boxes has been going on since 1997.
The telltale sign was when a Phoenix transit tax failed by 57 votes and the city did not ask for a recount for fear that the fraud would be detected.
Since then they’ve been more successful. Hobbs’ election “win” was so brazen with all the non-working voting machines in Republican precincts that it reeked of corruption, but every attempt to investigate was blocked by the courts.
Now they are trying to put some Republicans who challenged the 2020 presidential results in AZ in jail.
I think honest elections may never be allowed again in this country.
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