Squatters Always Come Back Again

yes they are pretty much everywhere. They really don't have any other place to go other than another abandoned building. As long as they are not causing trouble or anything, I feel that they should be left alone. Well, unless someone wants to help them get back on their feet. Alot of them refuse help when offered for whatever reason. In my city, we have quite a number of homeless. For a time, they were staying in the woods in tents. They had quite a little community going on until the local paper decided to do a big story on them. The City caught on then and evicted them all. These guys had generators and portable toilets etc all set up....tv, music. They were quite creative actually.

Oh we have the squatters, but worse we have those that take over homes! Because of the financial crisis we had here a couple of years ago, and the resultant mortgage default, there are a lot of foreclosed homes out there. Once the owners of the homes are moved out, the property becomes owned by the bank. Banks don't want to be in the real estate business, so they try to find brokers to sell the abandoned properties, but there are just too many of them. Some get "occupied" by squatters who don't own them at all. Some do get caught and removed, but it's not so easy as it's not a swift process to find the owner of record. These people are smart, they say they are guests of someone; they make up a name. So the authorities need to try to find that person, verify that they own (or usually don't own) the property. Then they have to track down the company that is trying to sell the property for the bank, and make sure they did not sell it. The time it takes for all this to happen is slow, so these squatters get to stay there free of charge for a good while. Also there are those who claim to own the property (they don't) and they rent it cheaply to others. The police show up, they have a lease (fraudulent of course), but the authorities still have to find the phantom landlord, and determine the lease is bogus. It's just not always easy.

squatters are all over the place where i live. it doesn't bother me. they add color to the city. they don't bother anyone. they just need a place to go.

What do you mean squatters? Like homeless people? If so, yes, we definitely have them here. There seems to be more homeless people than there are homeless shelters though, so I have definitely seen my share of them sleeping outside. I think it's sad that people 'shoo' them away though. Where are they to go? Can you imagine how scary it must be to not have a home, always having to be on your guard, not knowing how you will eat the next day? Granted, sometimes it is the person's fault and laziness or even chemical addiction that causes them to live that lifestyle, but not always. But I just feel bad and have a soft spot for them. If they are begging on the side of the highway, I won't usually give them money, but I will give them food - or a drink --- if I have any on me.

hello there. yes, i totally agree with you. most squatters here in our area have been demolished for almost a year now, but they kept on visiting the area. it seems they hadn't left at all. but it's fine with me as long as they don't start doing things that causes destruction in our neighborhood. i guess it's hard for them to leave the place they used to consider their home, that's why they find time to visit, ALWAYS. happy mylotting!

Yanzalong, that's why they are called squatters. These homeless people can appear from nowhere, and settle on any piece of property-irrespective of who owns the original property that they choose to 'set up house' on. These squatters usually live freely at first, in cases they capture the property and build any structure on it- ranging from a shanty type dwelling to very elaborately constructed structures.., which by their collective behavior, will cause the original property values to depreciate. While some of us may 'scoff' at the homeless who -some of them -may eventually become squatters.., it is possible that anyone of us can become on of them; as the worsening economic climate, urbanisation fallout, politics and its injustice, natural disaster or man-made acts may cause anyone to be forced to live like the ones we describe as squatters. I sympathize with the persons who were forced to become a part of the 'squatter nation', as many are trying to help themselves to survive in a harsh economic and social climate and are in dire need of help from the civic authorities. Perhaps, we may have to re-examine the effects of the economic systems that operate in this world, as it is obvious that the access to requisite resouces are not available to all.., hence the fallout population called squatters will exist.

I agree with you- they always come back since they don't really have any other place to stay. If they see a good place and uninhabited, they just squat there- i can't really blame them, since in our country we have so many squatters too- we are overpopulated.. especially Manila..

There's no such happenings in singapore because squatters will never get the chance to do that. The moment they are caught for illegal staying, they would be sent back to their countries immediately. Following which, they will be banned from entering our country again, no matter what reasons they used, in an attempt to enter singapore. I'm glad we don't face squatter's problems because it only complicates things. Squatter problems are usually common in South or North American countries along with South East Asian countries where borders are near.

I am from the Philippines and I think these homeless folks are called professional squatters. It is very shocking to know that these homeless make money out of squatting. This is the main reason why squatters cannot be really eradicated although the government is providing homes for them already.