Squatters have become big news in the past month and some news outlets seem eager to make the case that incidents of squatting are so rare they are hardly worth noticing. For instance, here’s the Washington Post from earlier this week.
The national conversation around “squatters” has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, spurred by conflicts that have gone viral and legislative actions in at least four states…
Squatting is extremely rare, according to experts — so rare that there is no reliable data available on the number of squatters across the country. But with a handful of high-profile cases of property owners going to court to evict illegal residents, a right-wing media frenzy and the introduction of state bills, the topic has become ubiquitous…
Sateesh Nori, a clinical adjunct professor of housing rights at NYU Law School, said, “I haven’t heard of a single case…
