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A high-rise area in which buildings have been stripped of their original purpose feels like remnants of a lost civilization, occupied now by squatters, living in the ruins of commerce.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Nima Flue-Bess castigated the Government for its handling of the Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) squatters who refused to move into already built homes being provided by the Government.
Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/budget-debates-day-1-dont-distort-facts-govt-mp-to-opposition/
Been affected by Spanish squatters?
Best of all, no squatters to deal with and no need to shovel the snow or replace appliances.
Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4631362-clm-why-i-will-probably-never-buy?source=feed_all_articles
But New Yorkers abhor a vacuum, and squatters, artists, and outcasts quickly flocked to the area’s cheap real estate.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-lower-east-sides-folk-historian
For his part, Brumm — who said he first heard of the Rainbow Mine cabin’s deconstruction from a friend this winter before checking it out himself this spring — sees the Forest Service’s “point with squatters habitating and fire danger.”
Grabowski and her boyfriend Russell were squatters in the apartment and they were arrested after officials went to the property to clear it out and discovered the children.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Neighbors want officials to kick out squatters living in an abandoned home on their street, but the Harris County Sheriff's Office said there is nothing they can do.
He noted that some informal setters are professional squatters who rent out their “space” to students studying in the town of Dapa.
Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/07/08/saving-siargao-island-paradise-battling-environmental-woes/
JOHANNESBURG—At least 63 people died in an early-morning blaze at an apartment building occupied by squatters in downtown Johannesburg on Thursday, with local authorities warning that the death toll was likely to rise.
Last July, 22,000 squatters were apprehended on Aspen Mountain.
Law enforcement and county personnel swarmed the former in Rosslyn to clear the building of squatters and condemn the property.
Source: https://www.arlnow.com/2023/12/27/top-20-arlington-stories-of-2023-11-15/
One 63-year-old Annex tenant showed Mission Local the holes in her apartment floor where squatters below drilled long screws through her floor.
Source: https://missionlocal.org/2023/03/squatters-eviction-potrero-public-housing-sf-hope/
Penalties for squatting were on July 27, for example, and now squatters risk up to three years in prison and a €45,000 fine whereas before they only faced one year in prison and a €15,000 fine.
Portswood ward councillor Katherine Barbour has been fighting to represent the needs of the Blockbuster squatters.
The forest’s two unarmed rangers are helpless in the face of arsonists and squatters who flock to the forest looking to make their fortune.
Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/a-primal-forest-encircled-by-ecuador-port-faces-ruination/
The police then arrived on the scene and one of the squatters brought out a false lease from her pocket.
Those who did noted that they have been paying rent, around $500 a month, every single month, despite their concerns with the building: broken windows, unusable appliances, rodent infestations, squatters, and now, no heat and no gas to cook with.
Source: https://northeastnews.net/pages/neighbors-tenant-union-help-indian-mound-renters-without-heat/
With 100 squatters we could tie up the courts for 30 years.
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You can buy a flat for €17,000, a detached house for €36,000 or a terrace for €26,000 but you run the high risk of being invaded by belligerent squatters.