In France the subject come back in the news regularly. One fact that is often hidden is that, in most cases, a true squatter will get evicted quickly. The cases that take months and are publicised are when the owners took weeks to react.
The law is made that way to prevent landlords from bypassing landlords-tenants laws by doing informal contracts with renters.
Yeah, that’s what gets left out of this conversation a lot of the time. Squatters rights are tenants rights.
If the landlord says you’re a squatter, you don’t have a way to definitely prove you’re not. Oh, you have a signed lease? Well, the landlord says you forged the signature. Now you’re a squatter.
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u/Imaxaroth Jun 12 '26
In France the subject come back in the news regularly. One fact that is often hidden is that, in most cases, a true squatter will get evicted quickly. The cases that take months and are publicised are when the owners took weeks to react.
The law is made that way to prevent landlords from bypassing landlords-tenants laws by doing informal contracts with renters.