• SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Being from California (and earlier from New York), that’s very much the intention. Both states (and municipal laws in places like LA, SF, and NYC) make the landlords have to jump through a lot of hoops before an eviction can take place, and the tenants can file for protection.

    I know that things vary from state to state, but I’ve only been a renter in NY, NJ, and CA. I’ve also successfully sued a landlord for over $100k in damages and expenses.

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      9 months ago

      squatters rights precede the founding of the United States and have nothing to do with renters rights. You’re just wrong about why these laws exist.

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        9 months ago

        Precede

        Bet… but the issue is the government who currently controls the land and enforces the laws.

        You don’t go breaking Constantinople’s laws because they were once different in Istanbul.

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            9 months ago

            You’ve been handed context so you don’t have to hurt your silly little wrists typing. does the comment make sense now?

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              9 months ago

              no. the governments that currently control the several states actually all have squatters rights (adverse possession) laws still on the books. the person to whom i was replying was conflating squatters rights with renters rights.

              your comment seems to imply that somehow the squatters rights were eliminated at some point, but they never were.