Squatters, Is that still allowed in your state?

Florida has a squatters rights law. The legal theory underlying the vesting of title by adverse possession(squatting) is that title to land must be certain. Since the owner has, by his or her own fault and neglect, failed to protect the land against the hostile actions of the adverse possessor, an adverse possessor who has treated the land as his or her own for a significant period of time is recognized as its owner. We have quite a few of abandoned homes in Florida. Some have been empty since the hurricanes in 2004. Some of these homes need little or no repair, but they are just sitting there gathering dust. Even the neighbors have complained about these houses but nothing is being done and the property is looking shabby with over grown weeds. This in turn will bring the value of their home down. If someone moves in and takes care of the place then they should be able to claim it as their own. They will then have to pay a property tax and if this money is accepted they will become owners of said property.