More Evidence Squatting Legal in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why there are “squatters rights”? Or for that matter why there should be tenant’s rights if tenants refuse to pay their rent? I don’t mean tenant’s rights with regards to protecting tenants from abuse, fraud, inhabitable conditions, etc.; I mean why are there rights when tenants simply refuse to pay their rent.

Maybe a similar situation that people can more easily understand - a spouse that is not an owner on the property, doesn't have a job and the other spouse files for divorce & changes the locks making that person homeless. That person has no lease and no ownership rights so is a "squatter."

Similarly, family allows another family member, even a child to live rent free but one day changes the locks. Homeless person.

It's essentially rights for someone that has housing and no contract under a number of circumstances.

So to sum up, trust no one, always get a contract!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Squatting is essentially legal and the people in our government, including the police, do nothing to stop it. Some elected officials appear to abet it. Very disappointing and this very basic government failure is why people are leaving Maryland.

https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/convicted-squatter-released-returns-to-23m-bethesda-home-as-neighbors-fear-violence

How many people do you know left Maryland because of squatters rights?! Like you knew a person who said “yeah I love living in a high cost of living area with high taxes to pay for tons of government services but I’m going to move to Kentucky because squatters might move into my house.”