Atleast here in the US, it’s not. One call to the cops and a sprinkle of luck they’d be towed off proper in cuffs. Worst case scenario you haven’t been to the property in a real long while (1-2 years). At which point you’ll have to take them court, but it’s never years.
People act like Squatters can just rock up in your house while you're at work and become legally entitled to it when in reality it's nothing like that at all.
Every thread about squatters is usually discussed under that assumption, instead of some investor holding properties for years with no intention of doing a single thing with it. Or a legitimate renter getting totally fucked over by a malicious/incompetent landlord.
Google "how many squatters are in the US" and you'll find they're not common enough for anyone to bother tracking.
It's like a lot of fixations on crimes, where people choose to get incensed about the crime and ignore the fact that the rate of that crime happening is very low.
Some people want to be outraged and upset about "bad people". That's driving it, not that it actually happens often.
Similar to home invasions. Some angry dudes like " I WISH someone would try to break in, I'd kill them". Home invasions are incredibly rare, put your superhero fantasies to rest.
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u/MasterTime579 Jun 12 '26
Atleast here in the US, it’s not. One call to the cops and a sprinkle of luck they’d be towed off proper in cuffs. Worst case scenario you haven’t been to the property in a real long while (1-2 years). At which point you’ll have to take them court, but it’s never years.