▲ 552 ▼ Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Squatters is a civil issue in California, and can take many years to have them evicted if the squatters know how to game the system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 point 8 months ago The time frame it takes to resolve this issue is the primary problem. It should be fast and easy to determine if a rental agreement is invalid. I don't know what that system needs to look like exactly, but we've been setting and improving standards for document validation for generations so it shouldn't be that hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 point 8 months ago The time frame it takes to resolve this issue is the primary problem. It should be fast and easy to determine if a rental agreement is invalid. I don't know what that system needs to look like exactly, but we've been setting and improving standards for document validation for generations so it shouldn't be that hard. permalink fedilink source parent