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State Chapters => Florida => Topic started by: libertybele on April 14, 2023, 07:23:23 pm
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Florida victim of serial squatter calls on DeSantis to crack down on illegal home occupation
A Florida landlord is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to take action against squatters in the Sunshine State after her property was taken over for more than 34 days.
Patti Peeples and Dawn Tiura spent over $5,000 in court fees after two women broke into their home and illegally occupied it before being removed and leaving $38,000 in damages.
"I want Gov. DeSantis to change the laws," Peeples told Fox News. "Tenants are not the same as squatters."
Peeples added that she thinks there needs to be a more expedited process to remove squatters from Florida homes.
"There needs to be a far more expedited way that the court system can look at the situation and declare quickly within a couple of days whether or not that is a legitimate individual in that house who might have been defrauded by a sneaky landlord, or if in fact it's the landlord that is being defrauded by a squatter." she said.
Peeples and Tiura discovered their investment property that they listed for sale was occupied by squatters 48 hours after they showed it to an interested buyer..................
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-victim-serial-squatter-calls-desantis-crack-down-illegal-home-occupation
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Talk to a legislator, Toots. The governor doesn't make laws.