His father died, his mother decided to rent her house. When she declined a group of prospective renters, they broke into the house and moved in anyway.

The authorities said they couldn’t do anything. So Shelton let himself in — and stayed.

Shelton said he even installs Ring cameras in every room in the house. “People kind of want to get away as fast as possible,” he said.

  • Gigan@exploding-heads.com
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    1 year ago

    Squatters should have zero rights. And police should be able to toss them out on their ears once legal ownership is verified. It shouldn’t take months of legal proceedings, punishing the landlord for the squatter’s purposeful victimization.

    Yeah, well said.