Personally, I think squatter's rights ought to be revoked entirely
and for them to be prosecuted fully under trespassing and property damage laws.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:21, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

chuck in some "anti terror laws" as well
they seem to be used for mist things these days


/doubleseat
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:25, Reply)

I'm kind of with you.
If they're in a shitty old broken old warehouse or a derelict block of flats, all power to them until an owner wants to use it, give them a week or so notice, and off they trot.
If they're in damaging perfectly good buildings that are temporarily empty between tenants or whatever, then they can Fuck off.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:26, Reply)

there are two kinds of squatter's rights
the first is your dude who breaks in and lives there without consent. his only right is that you need a court order to get him out. annoying and timeconsuming and expensive for the landlord, plus a lot of them do trash the place. but you can have him out within a few days.

the second is the right to become the registered legal owner if you've been in occupation for more than 10 years. that is a v different thing. for example, i had one where a family had owned a field for many years, since their dad bought it in the 1930's. turned out he'd bought it from a total charlatan, but because they'd owned it, farmed it etc for 70 years, they won.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 15:53, Reply)