In March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 621, a bill aimed at protecting property rights, offering homeowners solutions to combat squatting and increasing penalties on squatters.

Squatting has a long history in the United States. In more recent years, laws protecting squatters over homeowners in many states have made this issue a difficult one to overcome.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Piles of trash and other sketchy activity have been going on for years at a house on Seneca Drive in Melbourne, where neighbors say squatters moved in. Florida law says that to ...

Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously ...

Governors in Florida, Alabama and Georgia signed ... bill is not directed at homelessness, renters’ rights or tenant-landlord law. “Squatters are not victims being thrown onto the street ...

Piles of trash and other sketchy activity have been going on for years at a house on Seneca Drive in Melbourne, where neighbors say squatters moved in. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...