R_Jackal posted...
Always wondered about the squatter problem, assumed it was just renting issues, but laws actually protected people who, without permission, just took up shop in someone's property? That's kinda nuts.
As someone who was homeless, I can understand desperately wanting a place to stay.. but that sure as hell isn't the way to go about it. Damn.
It's a bit more complicated then that. Squatter laws exist so that land not being used doesn't just sit around unused. Someone who owned land stops using it and it never gets sold for someone else to use or ownership document has been lost to time.