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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For there to be squatters, the landlords had to have this property open and unrented for a while.

Huh? A squatter is most commonly simply a former renter who stops paying without moving out. The property is not vacant at any point.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You're describing holdover tenants. Those are not the same as squatters. Holdover tenants have more rights in California.

Edit: worded that wrong.