US EditionTexas House Votes to Fast-Track Evictions in Anti-'Squatter' Bill
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Texas House votes to fast-track evictions in anti-'squatter' bill
AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas House voted 85-49 Friday to send Senate Bill 38 to a third reading after adding four amendments on the House floor. The bill speeds up the process of eviction, which supporters say is necessary to combat the problem of 'squatters' -- people who unlawfully live in an unoccupied home and refuse to leave. Opponents of SB 38 claim it's a device to make it easier to evict tenants, rather than to address the problem of sq…
The first company to remove squatters, the so-called 'okupas', began operating in Lisbon. An example came from Spain, where the occupation of other people's apartments, including by immigrants, became a serious social problem, and owners - in the face of the helplessness of the courts - took matters into their own hands. According to the Portuguese radio Observador, in early May, Anti Okupas ads began circulating on social media. The article Por…
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