Posted on 03/26/2024 9:18:40 AM PDT by John Semmens
Leonel Moreno, a migrant from Venezuela, went on TikTok and advised illegal immigrants "to move into empty houses and claim 'squatters' rights' to gain ownership. Under US law, if a house is not inhabited, anyone can seize it by breaking in and occupying it for a specified period of time."
In New York City, intruders who are able to remain on a property for as few as 30 days can legally assert squatter's rights. When Adele Andaloro's parents died they left her the family home. Before she could sell the home three people broke into it, removed the 'for sale' sign, and set up residence. In an attempt to protect her property, Andaloro changed the locks and attempted to evict these trespassers. The police arrested her for "unlawful eviction" and advised her to handle the matter through the housing court.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James defended the squatters' rights law, saying that "ensuring an equitable and efficient allocation of housing is a government responsibility. Regardless of who holds the title to a property, the fact that it is vacant at any particular point in time proves that the space is not being efficiently used. Individuals showing the initiative to move in deserve legal consideration of their needs."
"In the particular case of Ms. Andaloro and her tenants, they are making efficient use of the property she left vacant," James added. "Obviously, Ms. Andaloro doesn't need the home. She has another. The same isn't true of the squatters. They have no other home. As a matter of equity, it seems to me that they have a stronger claim to the property. This should take precedence over Ms. Andaloro's possession of a piece of paper saying otherwise."
Meanwhile in Oakland, California, a 102-year-old home owner has been threatened with thousands of dollars in fines if he doesn't clean up the graffiti that vandals have repeatedly painted on his fence. While many have called the threat "misdirected" and "unfair," Mayor Sheng Thao insisted that "it is not the city's responsibility to find the persons who tagged this home owner's fence. What he needs to understand is that if you own property you are responsible for its appearance. If he can't bear that responsibility he should move to a lower-crime rate city."
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And pretty awesome feet, too....
Those quotes from AG James and the Oakland Mayor...is this the Babylon Bee?
There it is!
Our communist masters kick us in the crotch and know that the subservient and indolent American citizenry will continue to put up with this crap...
The cowardly American peasants completely understand, and have perfected, that their only "right" is to:
Bow down! Obey! Snitch!
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