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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not seeing it.

For there to be squatters, the landlords had to have this property open and unrented for a while. The only way that happens is if the rent is too high.

What kind of landlord can afford to have a rental property vacant for a significant period of time and not accept a lower rent? Ones who own lots of property and would prefer to lose income rather than reduce the average rent price in the area.

In the industry, withholding housing from people because you want to make more money, when you can clearly afford to get no income from it, is called "a dick move".

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Squatters could move in the day after the property becomes empty. Really it depends on when it is noticed the house is unoccupied.
Sometimes houses can't be sold for months because of legal BS (happened with my moms house).

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

Yes, there are always edge cases. Wouldn't it be great if there were no corporate landlords and the problem was small enough to worry about those?

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

For there to be squatters, the landlords had to have this property open and unrented for a while.

Huh? A squatter is most commonly simply a former renter who stops paying without moving out. The property is not vacant at any point.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You're describing holdover tenants. Those are not the same as squatters. Holdover tenants have more rights in California.

Edit: worded that wrong.