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Another squatter nightmare in NY. A family purchased a home in Queens for 2 million dollars in Oct 2023. 5 hearings later the tresspasser is still there. The couple said the squatter said he had a prior agreement with the previous deceased owner to stay in the house(which they can't find evidence of). He has also declared bankruptcy which delays eviction. They got him out early on but might have snuck in when others were there because he was caught trying to sneak in when an insurance inspector was there.
Again how the heck do squatters have the same rights as a tenant who has/had a formal written agreement. They need to start charging these squatters with somekind of theft or robbery then they'll stop. Without a penalty they'll wind up moving on to steal from someone else.
It is getting ridiculous how often this has been happening in different states. I've also seen where sellers do not move out before the house closing, so buyers have gotten screwed having to legally evict the prior owner.
It really is incredible. I know someone who is trying to sell a house, because they can't get the squatters out and they don't want to deal with it. I expect they are prepared to take any offer, just to be free of the hassle. The house is trashed inside now anyway and their water-bills are in the thousands. It's too bad they hadn't had the meter removed for storage, while the house was standing empty.
Why do they keep the utilities on? I would turn off every utility except the heat in the winter so pipes don't freeze.
It looks to me like this isn't happening often enough to push people to scream and wright letters to the President of some of the Senators to have laws changed to get squatters out and put in a jail cell immediately.
Why do they keep the utilities on? I would turn off every utility except the heat in the winter so pipes don't freeze.
It looks to me like this isn't happening often enough to push people to scream and wright letters to the President of some of the Senators to have laws changed to get squatters out and put in a jail cell immediately.
Against the law to turn off the utilities with someone in the house. If the meter had already been removed when the house was left empty and the squatters moved in, they would have been okay, as far as the water bill anyway.
Against the law to turn off the utilities with someone in the house. If the meter had already been removed when the house was left empty and the squatters moved in, they would have been okay, as far as the water bill anyway.
How are utility companies allowed to shut off service for non payment? If there is no contract for rent/lease I dont see how it is a legal obligation.
How are utility companies allowed to shut off service for non payment? If there is no contract for rent/lease I dont see how it is a legal obligation.
You would be obligated to pay the utility bill as the owner if the tenant doesn't pay utilities as noted in any lease. Letting the bill go unpaid would get a shut off notice. The owner would still be on the hook for the unpaid bill and shut off. The tenant could, in theory, have the place condemned. There are tenant/ owner laws. As unfair as it is.
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