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Anyone opposed to this should note all of the vacant building fires that have happened recently in Indianapolis. There was a building near Garfield Park were neighbors were constantly reporting issues about squatters in a vacant building and the city never did anything. That building burnt down recently and damaged businesses next to it. You can’t just go break into any building you want to, that isn’t how the world works.
Agreed!
Dear Pastor Jones,
If God directed his followers to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless, what are our church leaders and congregations doing to help the homeless? We have agencies like Wheeler Mission and the Salvation Army who are doing many good things to help. What landlord in their right mind would be OK with someone squatting in their investment home? They typically destroy the home while they are in it. It isn’t right to throw landlords under the bus by themselves.
I’s confused. Does this bill address homeless people who break into a building while the owner is away, or somebody who stops paying rent over a dispute? Two very different scenarios. But the article talks about both.
This issue is a big problem in society today. But the reality gets skewed by some who portray “squatters” as victims, and try to confuse the public by labeling them as tenants. We already have laws in place to govern the affairs of landlords and tenants, but when someone breaks into a home, they are trespassing and have no right to be there. In those instances the property owner should not have to wait for a court date to get justice; while in the meantime their property is being destroyed. I give to charities regularly and like most landlords, try to help those who are “down on their luck” when I deem it the right thing to do. If I or any other person wants to extend charity or help someone, that is up to me. However, I get a little incensed when people like Mr Jones try and slant reality in petitioning the legislature to use the force of government to attack private property rights, which is exactly what he is doing. By the way, the scriptures also teach us “by the sweat of our brow, we are to eat bread.” (Genesis 3:19), and “Whatever a man soweth he will reap.” (Galatians 6:7) Common sense is not so common …
Squatters come in various forms; I’m more familiar with dwelling former owners who refuse to move after foreclosure and the latter is a real problem. Indiana already has a law defining a squatter…someone who has not lived in the dwelling for 10 consecutive years nor paid property tax continuously for the same period…” [IC 32 & 34]. And at least in Marion County with a “writ of assistance” the Sheriff’s Office will remove occupants of foreclosed properties. Nonetheless, I concur with other comments, noting too many people, whether renters or the unfortunate who have been foreclosed on, just don’t do the right thing, e.g., obey the law. Hence, proposed SB 157, another law.