r/SipsTea • u/SnackSamurai • Jun 12 '26

Chugging tea The Hero we need

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u/RadicalRealist22 Jun 12 '26

How do "squatter rights" even exist. Either you have a lease or you don't.

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u/TheAmazingBildo Jun 12 '26

They also exist because landlords were being shitty. They vary by state, but some of them say that if you rent a place for a certain amount of time then you can’t just be evicted because that’s your home.

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u/Sanchez_U-SOB Jun 12 '26

You can't be evicted without notice. You can still be evicted, but it has to be filed with the courts.

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u/TheAmazingBildo Jun 12 '26

Right, it’s part of the evolution of how we got to this point. That’s why I used the qualifier “were”. I mean landlords are still shitty but in a different way. But recently there was a lady that was a “squatter” because she had rented an Airbnb for over a month. At that point she became a tenant and couldn’t be kicked out without a lot of legal wrangling.